A school age child tells the school nurse, "Other kids call me mean names and will not sit with me at lunch. Nobody likes me." Select the nurse's most therapeutic response
a. "Just ignore them and they will leave you alone."
b. "You should make friends with other children."
c. "Call them names if they do that to you."
d. "Tell me more about how you feel."
ANS: D
The correct response uses exploring, a therapeutic technique. The distracters give advice, a non-therapeutic technique.
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