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A Client Has Just Been Told That Her Breast Biopsy

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A client has just been told that her breast biopsy was positive for cancer.The client is crying when the nurse enters the room.What is the nurse's best response?


Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning scheme in which the adjustment in behavior potency is achieved by incentive provision or penalty imposition.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient says whatever comes to mind without censoring themselves, intended to uncover unconscious thoughts and feelings.

Mental Hospitals

Healthcare facilities specializing in the treatment and care of individuals with psychiatric disorders, providing both inpatient and outpatient services.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology.

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