Fundamentals of PN Nur 160 Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
One-way communication - Answer✔️✔️-A process in which information
flows in only one direction—from the sender to the receiver, with no
feedback loop.
Two-way communication - Answer✔️✔️-A process in which information
flows in two directions—the receiver provides feedback, and the sender is
receptive to the feedback.
verbal communication - Answer✔️✔️-expressing ideas to others by using
spoken words
cognitive - Answer✔️✔️-Your meaning
Denotative - Answer✔️✔️-dictionary definition
nonverbal communication - Answer✔️✔️-communication using body
movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech
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assertive communication - Answer✔️✔️-communication that takes a
listener's feelings and rights into account
aggressive communication - Answer✔️✔️-self-serving communication that
does not take a listener's feelings and rights into account and is
overpowering and forceful AVOID!
Unassertive Communication - Answer✔️✔️-Aggressing to do what is
requested and can create additional problems
Therapeutic communication for nurses - Answer✔️✔️-Interaction between a
nurse and the patient is caring, sincere, empathetic, and trustworthy, we
want to establish a therapeutic relationship
Non-therapeutic communication - Answer✔️✔️-Blocks the development of a
trust and therapeutic relationship, AVOID!
Communication - Answer✔️✔️-A process through which you send messages
to and receive messages from others.
What are the 6 rights of medication administration? - Answer✔️✔️-right
drug, right dose, right route, right time, right Pt, right documentation
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