Which aspect of verbal communication indicates a therapeutic relationship between the nurse and patient?
Shared confidences
Colloquial language
Intimate disclosures
Purposeful conversation
Purposeful conversation
There are important differences between social relationships and therapeutic relationships. When the nurse uses verbal communication in the therapeutic relationship it is careful, purposeful, and professional. Verbal communication in social relationships is casual or colloquial and encourages shared confidences and intimate disclosures.
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