What is the nurse’s best response? A mother rescues two of her four children from a house fire. In the emergency department. she cries. “I should have gone back in to get them. I should have died. not them.”

You’re feeling guilty because you weren’t able to save your children.”

The best response by the nurse is. Youre experiencing feelings of guilt because you werent able to save your children. This response utilizes the therapeutic communication technique of reflection which identifies a clients emotional response and reflects these feelings back to the client so that they may be recognized and accepted.