Collaborating Effectively with Patients to Find Treatment Methods That Are

question 22

Multiple Choice

Collaborating effectively with patients to find treatment methods that are congruent with the patients' belief systems and that promote healthy outcomes is an approach that requires the nurse to include which activity?

• A) Focus on patient values only and disregard family desires in setting goals.
• B) Rely more and more on their scientific background.
• C) Listen carefully to how the patient's beliefs impact their health beliefs.
• D) Understand that the nurse's beliefs are the most important.

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