When you create empowering conditions for others, you _____ their empowerment
1.
decrease
2.
facilitate
3.
manage
4.
change
ANS: 2
You, as the nurse, give patients the knowledge and skills they need. You create empowering conditions for your patients, so you are facilitating their empowerment.
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