Therapeutic Communication Study Guide

Therapeutic Communication Study GuideAfter completing the reading assignment, write or draw answers in spaces provided and answer the multiple choice questions. 1. Describe the points to consider in preparing the physical setting for the interview.1. Gather complete and accurate data about the person's health state, including the description and chronology of any symptoms of illness.2. Establish trust so the person feels accepted and thus free to share all relevant data.3. Teach the person about his or her health state.4. Build rapport for a continuing therapeutic relationship; this rapport facilitates future diagnoses,planning, and treatment.5. Discuss health promotion and disease prevention.2 . List the pros and cons of note-taking during the interview. It breaks eye contact too often. It shifts your attention away from the person, diminishing his or her sense of importance. Trying to record everything a person says may cause you to ask him or her to slow down, or the person may slow his or her tempo to allow for you to take notes. Either way, the client's natural mode of expression is lost. It impedes your observation of the client's nonverbal behavior. It is threatening to the client during the discussion of sensitive issues (e.g., amount of alcohol