On the second day of hospitalization a client is discussing with the nurse concerns about unhealthy family relationships. during the nurse–client interaction the client begins to talk about a job problem. the nurse's response is, "let's go back to what we were just talking about." what therapeutic communication technique did the nurse use?

In response to framton's dialogue about his health issues, mr. sappleton replies: "no? " said mr. sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment. then she suddenly brightened into alert not to what framton was saying. what does this statement reveal about how mrs. sappleton feels about framton? a) she finds him boring. b) she's happy he came by. c) she finds him annoying. d) she feels sorry for him