Practice Question
A nurse is working with three depressed clients in group therapy.The nurse yawns and keeps looking at her watch during the therapy time. This is an example of which nontherapeutic communication technique?
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Correct Answer:
Failure to listen
Rationale:
🔷 Yawning and repeatedly checking the watch are nonverbal cues that indicate disinterest or inattentiveness, which is a clear example of failure to listen.
🔷 Effective therapeutic communication requires active listening, maintaining eye contact, and showing genuine engagement with the clients’ concerns.
🔷 Such inattentive behaviors can discourage clients from sharing, reduce trust, and negatively impact the therapeutic relationship.
🔷 Failure to explore, probe, or elicit descriptions involves inadequate questioning, whereas here, the issue is the nurse’s nonverbal lack of attention.
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Question Details
- Category: LPN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: LPN ATI Exams
- Domain: Mental Health
- Answer Choices: 4