NUR 222 Test 2 Sherpath Questions With
Complete Answers
A patient tells the nurse, "I am feeling sicker than yesterday." Which action
would the nurse take before calling the rapid response team?
a. Clarifying the patient's statement
b. Contact the nurse supervisor
c. Contact the nurse manager
d. Take advice form a colleague - ANSWER a. Clarify the patients statement
Which aspects of verbal communication improves its effectiveness? SATA
a. pacing
b. posture
c. intonation
d. vocabulary
d. facial expression - ANSWER a. pacing
c. intonation
d. vocabulary
The nurse is using an interpreter to communicate with a patient who does not
speak English. Which action by the nurse may hamper the communication
between the nurse and the patient?
a. Introducing the interpret to patient
b. Determining the interpreters qualifications
c. Looking at the patient instead of the intrpreter
d. asking the patient's family members to serve as interpreters - ANSWER d.
Asking the patient's family members to serve as interpreters
Which communication technique is nontheraputic and would be avoided during
nurse-patient interactions? SATA
a. a. Giving false reassurance
b. Sharing hopes and feelings
c. Responding aggressively
d. asking for explanation
e. Listening actively
f. clarifying - ANSWER a. Giving false reassurance
c. Responding aggressively
d. asking for explanation
, When stating, " I'm so very sorry about your condition; you probably are
devastated after your surgery," the nurse is exhibiting which communication
technique?
a. Using humor
b. Sharing feelings
c. Showing sympathy
d. Giving personal opinions - ANSWER c. Showing sympathy
Which description is applicable to therapeutic communication?
a. It provides sensory stimulation for the older adults
b. It focuses on the older adult recalling past memories
c. It accepts the description of time and place stated by the older adult
d. It is an approach to demonstrate concern fro the older adult's welfare -
ANSWER d. It is an approach used to demonstrate concern for the older adult's
welfare
The nurse asks the patient, "When you tell me that you're having a hard tome
living up the expectations, are you talking about your family's expectations?"
Which therapeutic communication technique does this illustrates?
a. Providing information
b. clarifying
c. Focusing
d. Paraphrasing - ANSWER b. Clarifying
A patient has just been told that she has cancer, and she is crying. Which action
facilitates therapeutic communication? SATA
a. Turning on the television to her favorite show
b. Pulling the curtain to provide privacy
c. Offering to discuss information about her condition
d. Asking her why she is crying
e. Sitting quietly by her bed and holding her hand - ANSWER b. Pulling the
curtain to provide privacy
c. Offering to discuss information about her condition
e. Sitting quietly by her bed and holding her hand
Which action describes a therapeutic communication technique? SATA
a. Provide personal opinion
b. Provide hope to the patient
c. Listen acutely to the patient
d. Acknowledge the patient's feelings
e. Provide sympathy to the patient - ANSWER b. Provide hope to the patient
c. Listen actively to the patient
d. Acknowledge sympathy to the patient
Which communication technique is non therapeutic?
a. Sympathizing
Complete Answers
A patient tells the nurse, "I am feeling sicker than yesterday." Which action
would the nurse take before calling the rapid response team?
a. Clarifying the patient's statement
b. Contact the nurse supervisor
c. Contact the nurse manager
d. Take advice form a colleague - ANSWER a. Clarify the patients statement
Which aspects of verbal communication improves its effectiveness? SATA
a. pacing
b. posture
c. intonation
d. vocabulary
d. facial expression - ANSWER a. pacing
c. intonation
d. vocabulary
The nurse is using an interpreter to communicate with a patient who does not
speak English. Which action by the nurse may hamper the communication
between the nurse and the patient?
a. Introducing the interpret to patient
b. Determining the interpreters qualifications
c. Looking at the patient instead of the intrpreter
d. asking the patient's family members to serve as interpreters - ANSWER d.
Asking the patient's family members to serve as interpreters
Which communication technique is nontheraputic and would be avoided during
nurse-patient interactions? SATA
a. a. Giving false reassurance
b. Sharing hopes and feelings
c. Responding aggressively
d. asking for explanation
e. Listening actively
f. clarifying - ANSWER a. Giving false reassurance
c. Responding aggressively
d. asking for explanation
, When stating, " I'm so very sorry about your condition; you probably are
devastated after your surgery," the nurse is exhibiting which communication
technique?
a. Using humor
b. Sharing feelings
c. Showing sympathy
d. Giving personal opinions - ANSWER c. Showing sympathy
Which description is applicable to therapeutic communication?
a. It provides sensory stimulation for the older adults
b. It focuses on the older adult recalling past memories
c. It accepts the description of time and place stated by the older adult
d. It is an approach to demonstrate concern fro the older adult's welfare -
ANSWER d. It is an approach used to demonstrate concern for the older adult's
welfare
The nurse asks the patient, "When you tell me that you're having a hard tome
living up the expectations, are you talking about your family's expectations?"
Which therapeutic communication technique does this illustrates?
a. Providing information
b. clarifying
c. Focusing
d. Paraphrasing - ANSWER b. Clarifying
A patient has just been told that she has cancer, and she is crying. Which action
facilitates therapeutic communication? SATA
a. Turning on the television to her favorite show
b. Pulling the curtain to provide privacy
c. Offering to discuss information about her condition
d. Asking her why she is crying
e. Sitting quietly by her bed and holding her hand - ANSWER b. Pulling the
curtain to provide privacy
c. Offering to discuss information about her condition
e. Sitting quietly by her bed and holding her hand
Which action describes a therapeutic communication technique? SATA
a. Provide personal opinion
b. Provide hope to the patient
c. Listen acutely to the patient
d. Acknowledge the patient's feelings
e. Provide sympathy to the patient - ANSWER b. Provide hope to the patient
c. Listen actively to the patient
d. Acknowledge sympathy to the patient
Which communication technique is non therapeutic?
a. Sympathizing
