While conducting an assessment, the nurse asks the patient to explain more about the type of pain she is experiencing. The nurse is utilizing which of the following therapeutic communication techniques?
1. Exploring
2. Focusing
3. Accepting
4. Offering self
Exploring
Rationale: The nurse uses the exploring technique to delve deeper into a subject, as when the nurse asks the patient to explain more about the type of pain. Focusing is a technique that helps when a patient moves quickly between topics. Accepting is when the nurse conveys an attitude of reception and regard that is characterized by head nodding and eye contact. Offering self describes the nurse making herself available to the patient by either sitting or staying with the patient.
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