A Novice Nurse Is Learning How to Effectively Communicate Within

question 7

Multiple Choice

A novice nurse is learning how to effectively communicate within a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship. What struggle is most harmful when the nurse is new to therapeutic relationships?

• A) Feeling uncomfortable with the relationship
• B) Feeling anxious about developing the relationship
• C) Falling back on knowledge learned from nursing school and not accounting for practical knowledge
• D) Falling back on relationship skills learned in friendships, family relationships, or other personal relationships

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Definitions:

Randomized

Pertaining to a process of selection or arrangement in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen.

Placebo-controlled

A method in clinical trials where one group receives the treatment being tested and another (the control group) receives a placebo, to assess the treatment's effectiveness.

Case-control Study

A research study that compares patients who have a disease or outcome of interest (cases) with patients who do not have the disease or outcome (controls), to find associations between the disease and potential risk factors.

Retrospective

An approach in research that looks backwards, analyzing past events or data to identify trends, outcomes, or correlations.