Question Category: CBT Test 6

A client express concern regarding the confidentiality of her medical information. The nurse assures the client that the nurse maintains client confidentiality by:

The wife of a client with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) communicate to the nurse that she is having trouble dealing with her husband’s condition … Read more

A patient with antisocial personality disorder enters the private meeting room of a nursing unit as a nurse is meeting with a different patient. Which … Read more

A new mother is admitted to the acute psychiatric unit with severe postpartum depression. She is tearful and states, “I don’t know why this happened … Read more

On a psychiatric unit, the preferred milieu environment is BEST describe as:

“I notice that you are offering help to other peers in the milieu.”

Which therapeutic statement is a good example of the therapeutic communication technique of offering self?

Which nursing response is an example of the nontherapeutic communication block of requesting an explanation?

Which nursing statement is good example of the therapeutic communication technique of focusing?

The nurse asks a newly admitted client. “What can we do to help you?” What is the purpose of this therapeutic communication technique?