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Chapter 13. Assertiveness Training
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- Psychology
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- Forest Institute Of Professional Psychology
Chapter 13. Assertiveness Training
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Chapter 13. Assertiveness Training
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. During a psychoeducational group on assertiveness training, a client asks, “Why
do we need to learn about this stuff?” Which is the most
appropriateabnirubr.csoimn/gtesrteply?
1. “Because your doctor requires you to attend this group to learn how to cooperate.”
2. “Being assertive is the ability to stand up for yourself while respecting the rights of
others.”
3. “Assertiveness training teaches you how to ask for what you waabinrbt.,cowmh/tesnt you want
it.”
4. “Assertive people are more vocal and place the needs and rights of others before their
own.”
ANS: 2
Chapter: Chapter 13, Assertiveness Training
Objective: Define assertive behavior.
Page: 226
Heading: Assertive Communication
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation
Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Communication
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. This does not define assertiveness nor does it open communication
with the client.
2. This is correct. Assertiveness training assists people with maintaining their own self-
respect and meeting their needs while respecting the rights of others.
3. This is incorrect. This is not the definition of assertivenessa. birb.com/test
4. This is incorrect. This is the definition of aggressiveness, not assertiveness.
CON: Communication
2. Two clients are roommates on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Atabbirrbe.caokmf/atesstt,
client A, who had been missing her gold locket, notices client B wearing it. Which does
the nurse recognize as a nonassertive or passive behavioral response from client A?
1. Client A ignores the situation and decides to buy another necklace.
2. Client A discusses the situation with her nurse and develops a apblirabn.coomf/taecsttion.
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3. Client A immediately approaches client B and pulls the necklace off her neck.
4. Client A offers to wash client B’s clothes and “accidentally” spills bleach in the
water.
ANS: 1
Chapter: Chapter 13, Assertiveness Training
Objective: Differentiate among nonassertive, assertive,
aggressivaeb,irba.ncodmp/teasstsive- aggressive behaviors.
Page: 226
Heading: Basic Human Rights > Response Patterns > Nonassertive Behavior; Table 14–
2, Comparison of Behavioral
Response Patterns
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Communication
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1. This is correct. By ignoring the situation, client A avoids conflict, denies her
feelings, and does not assertively resolve the problem. An individual displaying
nonassertive (sometimes called passive) behavior seeks to
apblireba.csoemo/tethsters at the expense of his or her own basic human rights.
2. This is incorrect. This is not a nonassertive or passive behavior. When the client
recognizes the need to develop a plan of action, this is an eaxbairbm.cpomle/teosft
assertiveness.
3. This is incorrect. This is an example of aggressive behavior
4. This is incorrect. This is an example of passive-aggressive behavior.
CON: Communication
3. A client on an inpatient unit is angry with a peer. During lunch, when the peer is not
looking, the client spits into his soup. How would the nurse document this interaction?
1. “Client is displaying assertive behaviors.”
2. “Client is displaying aggressive behaviors.”
3. “Client is displaying passive behaviors.”
4. “Client is displaying passive-aggressive behaviors.”
ANS: 4
Chapter: Chapter 13, Assertiveness Training
Objective: Differentiate among nonassertive, assertive, aggressive, and passive-
aggressive behaviors.
Page: 227
Heading: Basic Human Rights > Response Patterns > Passive-Aggressive Behavior;
Table 14–2, Comparison of Behavioral Response Patterns
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment
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Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Communication
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The client is not directly displaying
asseratibvirbe.cboemh/taesvtiors, such as speaking directly to the peer regarding the
2. issue.
This is incorrect. The client is not displaying aggressive behavior, such as
dominating power or humiliating others.
3. This is incorrect. The client is not avoiding the behavior of the peer.
4. This is correct. The client is displaying passive-aggressive behavior. The client is
indirectly expressing anger by spitting in the soup when the peer is not looking.
CON: Communication
4. A client continually waits more than an hour before being seen at the mental health
clinic. The client approaches the nurse and states, “When I have to wait for more than an
hour to be seen, I feel like my time is not important.” The nurse raebcirob.gconmiz/t esst this
as what type of behavior?
1. Aggressive behavior
2. Assertive behavior
3. Passive-aggressive behavior
4. Passive behavior
ANS: 2
Chapter: Chapter 13, Assertiveness Training
Objective: Define assertive behavior.
Page: 228
Heading: Basic Human Rights > Response Patterns > Assertive Behavior; Table 14–2
Comparison of Behavioral Response Patterns
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Communication
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. Individuals displaying aggressive response patterns defend their
own basic rights by violating the basic rights of others. They say what is on their
mind, often at the expense of others.
2. This is correct. The client is openly expressing feelings and attempting to correct a
stressful situation. Individuals who demonstrate assertive baebhirba.vcoimo/rtessttand
up for their own rights while protecting the rights of others. Feelings are expressed
openly and
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