A public health nurse is preparing an educational campaign for patients to address a recent local increase in the incidence of HIV infection. The nurse should prioritize what intervention?

Which therapeutic communication exchange is an example of ‘reflection’. The client states, “Do you really think I need to take this medication?” Using the technique of ‘reflection’, choose the nurse’s response:

A voluntarily hospitalized patient tells the nurse, “Get me the forms for discharge. I want to leave now.” What is the nurse’s best response?

A nurse is doing a MSE and wants to assess the patient’s recent memory. Which question might the nurse ask for this information?

A 29-year-old client attending a psychiatric outpatient clinic believes that her husband, sister, and son cause her problems.  Listening to the client describe the problems, the nurse displays therapeutic communication in which response?

A client diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia believes that evil spirits are being released from a local church and verbally threatens to bomb the local church.  Considering the rights of this client, what is the nurse’s initial nursing responsibility?

Which statement about balance provides a basis for a nurse’s management of the therapeutic environment?

Which statement made by a nurse is most helpful when moving into the working stage of a therapeutic relationship with the patient?

During a group session, one patient comments to another, “When you first started in this group, you were unable to make decisions, but now you can. You’ve made such progress that I’m beginning to think maybe I can do this too!” Which of Yalom’s therapeutic group factors is evident by this patient’s statement?

The client expresses sadness at “being all alone with no one to share my life with.”  Which response by the nurse demonstrates therapeutic communication?