The instructor asks the nursing student to define therapeutic communication. The student's most appropriate response is that therapeutic communication refers to:
A) psychotherapy.
B) social communication.
C) developing a trusting relationship.
D) emotional commitment to another.

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The purpose of therapeutic communication is to establish a trusting relationship. The RN should try to understand with sensitivity. Therapeutic communication and the establishment of the therapeutic relationship require empathy, genuineness, positive regard, and self-awareness. Psychotherapy, social communication, and emotional commitment to another are not definitions of therapeutic communication.

The Instructor Asks the Nursing Student to Define Therapeutic Communication