A patient being treated for severe depression shows resistance to involvement in the nurse-patient relationship by being withdrawn and unresponsive.There is also preoccupation with guilt and hopelessness.When interacting with the patient,which response would have the greatest therapeutic impact?

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Patients with depression need reassurance that their current pain and despair are not permanent.Nurses can convey a sense of hope that treatment will produce change,albeit slowly.Providing false reassurance that "everything will work out" is not therapeutic since the nurse cannot truly promise that outcome.The remaining options are negative and somewhat condescending.

A Patient Being Treated for Severe Depression Shows Resistance to Involvement