Elizabeth C. Arnold
Kathleen Underman Boggs
Interpersonal Relationships
PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
FOR NURSES
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,TABLE OF CONTENT
Pt. I Conceptual Foundations of Nurse-Client Relationships
1. Theoretical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues
2. Professional Guides to Action in Interpersonal Relationships
3. Clinical Judgment: Applying Critical Thinking and Ethical Decision Making
4. Self-Concept in the Nurse-Client Relationship
Pt. II The Nurse-Client Relationship
5. Structuring the Relationship
6. Bridges and Barriers in the Therapeutic Relationship
7. Role Relationship Patterns
8. The Grief Experience: Life's Losses and Endings
Pt. III Therapeutic Communication
9. Communication Styles
10. Developing Therapeutic Communication Skills in the Nurse-Client Relationship
11. Intercultural Communication
12. Communicating in Groups
13. Communicating with Families
14. Resolving Conflict Between Nurse and Client
,15. Health Promotion and Client Learning Needs
16. Health Teaching in the Nurse-Client Relationship
Pt. IV Responding to Special Needs
17. Communicating with Clients Experiencing Communication Deficits
18. Communicating with Children
19. Communicating with Older Adults
20. Communicating with Clients in Stressful Situations
21. Communicating with Clients in Crisis
Pt. V Professional Issues
22. Communicating with Other Health Professionals
23. Documentation in the Age of Computers
Test Bank for Interpersonal Relationships Professional Communication
Skills for Nurses 6th Edition Arnold
Chapter 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following best describes the role of theory in the
nurse-client relationship?
a. Theory provides a common language.
b. Theory is the essence of the nurse-client relationship.
c. Theory varies with changes in health care delivery.
d. Theory guides nursing practice.
, ANS: D
Theory provides nurses with a systematic way to view client situations and a
logical way to organize and interpret data. Incorrect answers: 1. Theory does
provide a common language for nurses, but this question asks what best
describes the role of theory in the nurse-client relationship. 2. Theory acts as
a framework or guide; it is not the essence of the relationship. 3. Theory
provides a common framework for describing practice.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Text Page Reference: p. 3
TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. Nurse Jones demonstrates the application of modern nursing theory when she:
a. Administers insulin to a client with diabetes
b. Assists a physician with a pelvic examination
c. Teaches a client techniques of self breast examination
d. Makes up a client’s bed
ANS: C
Modern nursing theory has broadened the definition of health with a strong
emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion. Incorrect answers: 1,2,4.
These are all nursing tasks, and modern nursing theory puts less emphasis on
tasks and systems.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Text Page Reference: p. 22 TOP:
Step of the Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Nursing theory originated with which of the following nursing leaders?
a. Virginia Henderson
b. Martha Rogers
c. Dorothea Orem
d. Florence Nightingale
ANS: D
Theory development began when Florence Nightingale published her notes on
nursing in 1859. Incorrect answers: 1,2,3. These nursing theorists began their
theory development from the 1940s onward.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Text Page Reference: p. 3
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