When you are administering medications to a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the patient states, "I should just stop taking them and get it over with." A therapeutic response by the nurse would be

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Therapeutic relationships should directly revolve around the patient's needs and each person's individualized expression of them. Using questions that follow a logical sequence and asking only one question at a time are practices that help patients feel more comfortable and are likely to elicit more complete data. Dealing with the patient's feelings with a statement such as, "Tell me more about..." keeps the conversation flowing. The patient has the right to choose a course of action, even when it is at odds with the nurse's ideas. The nurse stating how the patient is feeling is an assumption by the nurse about what the patient is feeling. Although the patient has the right to refuse treatment, he is not really saying that he will refuse. The nurse needs to obtain more information.

When You Are Administering Medications to a Patient with Human