patterns. However, the other person - the nurse - in the interaction also has an influence on
the context driven pattern of behavior: as a constraining or fa cilitating factor. If the nurse's
tendency or objective is to reduce, constrain, or prevent certain patterns of behavior (for
example, disclosures beyond those perceived as required for (he immediate nursing care),
then he/she w ill use response patterns to constrain the client's current and potential
behaviors.