A Nurse and a Patient Work on Strategies to Reduce

question 18

Multiple Choice

A nurse and a patient work on strategies to reduce weight. Which phase of the helping relationship is the nurse in with this patient?

• A) Preinteraction
• B) Orientation
• C) Working
• D) Termination

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Definitions:

Sensory Information

Data received by the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell) that is then processed by the brain to understand and interact with the environment.

Spinal Cord

A long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column, and acts as the main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system.

Reflexes

Automatic, involuntary responses to specific stimuli that are designed to protect the body and maintain homeostasis.

Hot Stove

An analogy often used to describe the immediate, consistent, and impersonal consequence of touching a hot stove, likened to effective disciplinary action.