During an interaction with a patient, a nurse encourages the patient to express feelings, identify stressors, and review coping strategies. These nursing interventions relate most to the use of:

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A nurse uses therapeutic communication techniques as part of the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship. Being therapeutic does not imply that the nurse is providing therapy, a formal, structured process. Risk assessment has a different purpose related to provision of an appropriate level of care. Environmental manipulation is more related to milieu management than to therapeutic use of self.

During an Interaction with a Patient, a Nurse Encourages the Patient