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
Before abdominal surgery, a patient says, "What if I don't wake up? I keep thinking about my will."
Before abdominal surgery, a patient says, "What if I don't wake up? I keep thinking about my will."
Which response is therapeutic?
