Module 4: Therapeutic Communication Flashcards

nurse-client

A therapeutic relationship is an interaction between two people (usually a caregiver and a care receiver) where input from both contributes to a climate of healing, growth promotion, and/or illness prevention.

Nursing has evolved through various roles recognizing the nurse as a unique, independent member of the professional health-care team.

<p>counselor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the beginning, nurse and client are strangers to each other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nurse provides information related to the client's health care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nurse identifies learning needs and provides information required by the client and/or family.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Democratic leadership allows the client to be an active participant in planning his or her care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nurse fulfills basic needs associated with mothering for the client.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nurse possesses the clinical skills necessary to perform the interventions that are in the best interest of the client.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nurse uses interpersonal techniques to assist clients in adapting to difficulties or changes in life experiences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>counseling</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A therapeutic nurse-client relationship occurs when each views the other as unique; it is goal-oriented and directed at learning and growth promotion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It involves identifying the client's problem, discussing desired changes, and assisting the client in selecting and implementing change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Defined as the ability to use one's personality consciously to establish relatedness and structure nursing interventions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Self-awareness, self-understanding, and a philosophical belief about life, death, and the overall human condition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It requires recognizing and accepting one's values and the uniqueness of others, enhancing interpersonal relationships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process by which an individual may gain self-awareness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Held on faith</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Frames of reference around which an individual organizes knowledge, which may be judgmental, selective, and biased.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abstract standards that represent an individual's ideal mode of behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers