Question 19 - Psychosocial Integrity Practice Test for the NCLEX-RN Exam

A nurse is working at a pregnancy crisis clinic. She is caring for a 15-year-old girl who is there for a pregnancy test. When the nurse gives her the positive result, the girl becomes distraught and seems overwhelmed. The nurse begins to discuss the patient’s situation with her and shares that she too was once an unwed mother at the age of 16. In terms of therapeutic communication, this example most specifically demonstrates which of its essential conditions?