The client-nurse helping relationship is established for the benefit of:

A nurse is discussing types of communication styles with a group of staff nurses. Which of the following information should the nurse include?

Which nurse is being fully present with the patient to provide spiritual care?

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in the "Centering Technique" discussed in Riley, Chapter 9?

The nurse is a member of a quality improvement project team to improve communication when a patient is transferred to another unit. Which statement by the nurse is appropriate to demonstrate positive regard for the team members?

The nurse instructs the nursing assistant to obtain temperatures on four patients and report abnormal findings immediately. Two hours later the nurse discovers that one of the patients had a fever that was not reported. The nurse is upset with the nursing assistant. Which statement, if made by the nurse, is concrete and specifically explains the nurse's feelings?

The charge nurse informs a staff nurse that it is her turn to float to another unit. Which response by the staff nurse is aggressive?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four competencies of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPE)?

Which change indicates to the nurse that a patient is responding favorably to using imagery?

A nurse is caring for a client who is about to have a colonoscopy. The client states, "I am so nervous about what the doctor might find during the test." The nurse asks the client, "Are you feeling anxious about the results of your colonoscopy?" With this question, the nurse is using which of the following communication techniques?

A nurse is preparing an in-service about communication for a group of staff nurses. Which of the following techniques should the nurse include when discussing therapeutic communication?