Touch Is the Intentional Physical Contact Between Two or More

question 1

Multiple Choice

Touch is the intentional physical contact between two or more people and it is deemed to be an essential and universal component of nursing care. The nurse knows that task-oriented touch occurs during which activities?

• A) Holding the patient's hand during a painful procedure
• B) Giving the patient an injection to treat discomfort
• C) Starting an intravenous (IV) line for fluid administration
• D) Inserting a nasogastric tube to decompress the patient's stomach
• E) Shaking the patient's hand in order to establish rapport

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Definitions:

Pleasure-Seeking Energies

A term likely referring to the psychoanalytic concept of drives that seek immediate gratification to maximize pleasure, NO.

Superego

A component of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the moral conscience and the internalization of societal norms and values.

Guilt

A feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, whether real or imagined.

Mediates

To intervene between parties with the aim of resolving differences or to bring about a change through such an intervention.