NR 509 Midterm Exam Questions
Containing 99 Terms with Definitive
Solutions Updated 2024-2025.
Active listening - Answer: -closely attending to what the patient is communicating
-connecting to the patient's emotional state
-verbal and nonverbal skills
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Empathic responses - Answer: capacity to identify with the patient and feel the
patient's pain as your own, then respond in a supportive manner
Guided questioning - Answer: Helps to continue the patient’s story
-moving from open ended to focused questions
-using questions that elicit a graded response
-asking a series of questions, ONE at a time
-clarifying what the patient means
-encouraging with continuers
-using echoing
also known as adaptive questioning
Reassurance - Answer: appropriate way to help the patient feel that problems
have been fully understood and are being addressed
Partnering - Answer: When building rapport with patients, express your
commitment to an ongoing relationship
Transitions - Answer: Inform your patient when you are changing directions during
the interview.
Empowering the patient - Answer: -to ask questions
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-express their concerns
-probe your recommendations
in order to encourage them to adopt your advice, make lifestyle changes, or take
medications as prescribed.
Comprehensive exam used for?
Includes?
Focused exam used for? - Answer: -new patients
-health history
-complete physical examination.
-routine care, urgent care, specific problem
Articular structures - Answer: articular cartilage
intra-articular ligaments
juxta-articular bone
joint capsule
synovium
synovial fluid