The student nurse enters the cafeteria and joins others who are making fun of the nursing instructor for being so particular in the skills lab. What is the most caring response the student can make?
1.
Tell the other students that they are being mean and then leave the table.
2.
Shame the students for being so uncaring and cruel.
3.
Ask the other students why they think the instructor is so picky.
4.
Laugh and tell a story of a personal reprimand received from the instructor.
ANS: 3
Guiding the conversation toward thinking about why the instructor is so particular and how patient care improves as a result is a productive response to the situation.
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