How this exercise works
Choose the response that best supports the patient therapeutically — open-ended, nonjudgmental, and within LPN scope. Avoid giving false reassurance or taking over.
Fundamental concept
Responses that validate feelings, encourage expression, and maintain boundaries without false reassurance or nurse-centered advice.
Read: Therapeutic Communication Techniques →Scenario
On postpartum day 2, a new mother says quietly, "I hold my baby and feel nothing. I think I'm a terrible mother."
On postpartum day 2, a new mother says quietly, "I hold my baby and feel nothing. I think I'm a terrible mother."
Which reply best supports therapeutic communication?
