NR 511 WEEK 6 CASE STUDY DISCUSSION
PART 1 2026 FINAL PAPER REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS BUNDLED PRACTICE COLLECTION
◉ When caring for a client who is hearing impaired, which
techniques may improve communication?
Answer: Assessing the need for adopted equipment like a hearing
aid
Keeping conversations, brief and direct
Giving the patient time to react
◉ CASE STUDY: What are the cues that alert the nurse to be aware of
communication needs?
Answer: Speaks Polish
Understand some English, but speaks very little
Deaf since childhood
Vision has deteriorated
,◉ CASE STUDY: As Rachel prepares to provide discharge teaching,
which level of communication is most appropriate?
Answer: One-on-one
◉ CASE STUDY: Rachel enters the room to perform an assessment
while waiting for Miss Simpson's daughter to arrive. The client
reports that she is in pain and feeling nauseous. The nurse decides
to delay/proceed with the teaching session. Rachel is aware that
brevity/clarity/timing is important in this situation.
Answer: Delay
Timing
◉ CASE STUDY: miss Simpson's daughter arrives, and Rachel
prepares to begin teaching. How should Rachel prepare for the
education session?
Answer: Secure an authorized translator, who can also perform sign
language
◉ CASE STUDY: impaired verbal communication versus impaired
nonverbal, communication?
Answer: Impaired verbal communication
,-Nurse to use his medical terminologies to explain home care to Miss
Simpson
-nurses speech is rapid to allow Miss Simpson to be home before it
gets dark
-The nurse interrupts Miss Simpson's daughter as she begins to ask
questions
Impaired nonverbal, communication
-nurse touches Miss Simpson's face without permission
-The nurse Stan's facing a Simpson with her arms crossed
◉ CASE STUDY: Rachel finishes the teaching session, and asked Miss
Simpson to repeat back how to care for her surgical site. Which part
of the nursing process is Rachel performing?
Answer: Evaluation
◉ Zones of personal space and examples
Answer: Intimate distance
-Nurse is feeding the client who has had a stroke
-Nurse is assisting the client with toilet
Personal distance
-A nurse is sitting in a chair at the clients bedside
, -Nurse is teaching a client how to choose low sodium foods on a
menu
Social distance
-Nurse is talking to the clients daughter about the diagnosis
Nurse is giving a report to the oncoming shift
◉ The nurse is educating a client at the end of each sentence asks
"Okay?" The nurses speech is rapid and explanations are lengthy,
which aspect of verbal communication is the nurse breaching?
Answer: Clarity
◉ What are the characteristics of a therapeutic nurse-client
relationship?
Answer: Goal-oriented
Purposeful
Positive client change
Boundaries
◉ Stages of the therapeutic relationship in the correct order
Answer: -Planning on starting for the purpose for interaction with
the client begins
PART 1 2026 FINAL PAPER REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS BUNDLED PRACTICE COLLECTION
◉ When caring for a client who is hearing impaired, which
techniques may improve communication?
Answer: Assessing the need for adopted equipment like a hearing
aid
Keeping conversations, brief and direct
Giving the patient time to react
◉ CASE STUDY: What are the cues that alert the nurse to be aware of
communication needs?
Answer: Speaks Polish
Understand some English, but speaks very little
Deaf since childhood
Vision has deteriorated
,◉ CASE STUDY: As Rachel prepares to provide discharge teaching,
which level of communication is most appropriate?
Answer: One-on-one
◉ CASE STUDY: Rachel enters the room to perform an assessment
while waiting for Miss Simpson's daughter to arrive. The client
reports that she is in pain and feeling nauseous. The nurse decides
to delay/proceed with the teaching session. Rachel is aware that
brevity/clarity/timing is important in this situation.
Answer: Delay
Timing
◉ CASE STUDY: miss Simpson's daughter arrives, and Rachel
prepares to begin teaching. How should Rachel prepare for the
education session?
Answer: Secure an authorized translator, who can also perform sign
language
◉ CASE STUDY: impaired verbal communication versus impaired
nonverbal, communication?
Answer: Impaired verbal communication
,-Nurse to use his medical terminologies to explain home care to Miss
Simpson
-nurses speech is rapid to allow Miss Simpson to be home before it
gets dark
-The nurse interrupts Miss Simpson's daughter as she begins to ask
questions
Impaired nonverbal, communication
-nurse touches Miss Simpson's face without permission
-The nurse Stan's facing a Simpson with her arms crossed
◉ CASE STUDY: Rachel finishes the teaching session, and asked Miss
Simpson to repeat back how to care for her surgical site. Which part
of the nursing process is Rachel performing?
Answer: Evaluation
◉ Zones of personal space and examples
Answer: Intimate distance
-Nurse is feeding the client who has had a stroke
-Nurse is assisting the client with toilet
Personal distance
-A nurse is sitting in a chair at the clients bedside
, -Nurse is teaching a client how to choose low sodium foods on a
menu
Social distance
-Nurse is talking to the clients daughter about the diagnosis
Nurse is giving a report to the oncoming shift
◉ The nurse is educating a client at the end of each sentence asks
"Okay?" The nurses speech is rapid and explanations are lengthy,
which aspect of verbal communication is the nurse breaching?
Answer: Clarity
◉ What are the characteristics of a therapeutic nurse-client
relationship?
Answer: Goal-oriented
Purposeful
Positive client change
Boundaries
◉ Stages of the therapeutic relationship in the correct order
Answer: -Planning on starting for the purpose for interaction with
the client begins
