Which option describes Benner's concept of transformative power?
1. A healing relationship
2. Assisting someone to change self-image
3. Helping someone navigate the healthcare bureaucracy
4. Assisting a client to return to normal life
Correct Answer: 2
Transformative power represents the ability of a nurse to assist clients to change their views of reality or their own self-image. Healing power is the nurse's capacity to establish a healing relationship and a healing climate with a client. Helping someone navigate the healthcare bureaucracy is advocacy power. Integrative power is the nurse's ability to assist a client to return to a normal life.
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