The nurse completes a teaching session on wound care for a client who will require dressing changes after discharge. The nurse evaluates the effectiveness of a teaching session for wound care with the family and determines that more education is required
Which statement by the nurse is appropriate in this situation?
A) "Let me clarify again some of the steps that are required during wound care."
B) "You did not pay attention, did you?"
C) "Here, let me do it for you."
D) "I do not think you understood me correctly the first time."
Answer: A
Responding with some clarifications indicates the client understood some of the teaching and preserves the client's dignity and trust in the nurse. Saying that the client did not understand the information is belittling. Beginning a negative phrase with "you" is assigning blame, which impedes the therapeutic relationship. Telling the client the nurse can do it better defeats the goal of the feedback; the nurse would want to instill self-confidence in the client, and this type of action will hurt that goal.
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