Question

Nursing:

1. Identify NCLEX style of questions which are testing therapeutic communication skills.

2. Discuss how to eliminate options which indicate the use of poor therapeutic communication.

3.    Discuss how to identify options which indicate appropriate therapeutic communication.

4.     Identify three areas which often cause problems for NCLEX test takers.

Answer 1

1. Identify NCLEX style of questions which are testing therapeutic communication skills.

A Myocardial Infarction client admitted in casualty tells the nurse, “I’m scared. I think I’m going to die.” Which of the following responses by the nurse would be MOST appropriate?

1. “Everything is going to be fine. We’ll take good care of you.”

2. “I know what you mean. I thought I was having a heart attack once.”

3. “I’ll call your doctor so you can discuss it with him.”

4. “It’s normal to feel frightened. We’re doing everything we can for you.”

2. Discuss how to eliminate options which indicate the use of poor therapeutic communication.

Eliminate the answers which are as follows:

Don't woory

Explore

Authoritarian

Asking Why?

Focusing on nurse

Closed ended questions

Eliminate the above mentioned type of answers and select the right one.

3.    Discuss how to identify options which indicate appropriate therapeutic communication.

The answers which have responses like using silence- it allows acceptance and allow the client to talk, using broad and general leads- it shows your intetrest and encourage your client to talk, clarification- it clears queries and provide pin point specifications, and reflecting -paraphrasing what the client says exactly as it is will be the appropriate therapeutic communication.

4.     Identify three areas which often cause problems for NCLEX test takers.

Identifying keyword in the answer

All of the above principle

To eliminate the obvious answers