When asked to contrast social superficiality with therapeutic intimacy, an experienced nurse mentor explains to a new nurse that the termination component in therapeutic intimacy is:
a. unknown.
b. open-ended.
c. specified and agreed to.
d. closed to negotiation or agreement.
C
Conditions for termination are part of the nurse-patient contract negotiated during the introductory/orientation phase of the relationship. In a social relationship, termination is open-ended.
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