The nurse has determined that a client with a bipolar disorder has a nursing diagnosis of hopelessness. Which therapeutic communication skill should the nurse use?
1. Encourage the client to engage in a social activity.
2. Arrange for the client to go on a group outing to the mall.
3. Sit quietly with the client and hold her hand.
4. Ask the client how she has overcome obstacles in the past.
Answer: 4
1. This is not a therapeutic communication skill.
2. This is not a therapeutic communication skill.
3. Sitting with the client can be therapeutic, but doesn't offer specifics in dealing with the hopelessness.
4. Encouraging clients to identify some coping strategies and strengths help them to see that they have survived difficulties in the past.
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