The nurse is planning a therapeutic communication session with a patient. For which reason should the nurse consider using a process recording?
1. It records the nurse-patient interaction and provides a guideline for therapeutic care.
2. It allows the patient to hear what the nurse stated in the nurse-patient interaction.
3. It allows the nurse to hear what the patient heard in the nurse-patient interaction.
4. It will be useful to reflect on and evaluate the dynamics of a specific interaction and to provide a sample of interaction for consideration in supervision or consultation with others.
4. It will be useful to reflect on and evaluate the dynamics of a specific interaction and to provide a sample of interaction for consideration in supervision or consultation with others.
Explanation:
The process recording is a written record, not audio record, of an interaction between two or more individuals. The purpose of the process recording is to reflect on and evaluate the dynamics of a specific interaction and to provide a sample of interaction for consideration in supervision or consultation with others. The process recording does not provide a guideline for therapeutic care.
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