The novice nurse is learning about the barriers to communication within the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship and the various types of communication that block the therapeutic relationship. What will the nurse recognize as a barrier to the therapeutic relationship?

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1. Giving advice is a barrier to therapeutic communication because it involves the nurse identifying his or her own personal thoughts, experiences, or views and placing them above or projecting them onto the patient's situation or concerns. Giving information, seeking clarification, and voicing doubt are all therapeutic communication techniques.

The Novice Nurse Is Learning About the Barriers to Communication