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
A patient who miscarried at 10 weeks whispers, "I never even got to hear a heartbeat on my own."
A patient who miscarried at 10 weeks whispers, "I never even got to hear a heartbeat on my own."
What is the best therapeutic reply?
