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NURS1170 midterm Exam Study Guide
Solutions
Types of Relationships - Ans:✔✔-social, close, therapeutic
social relationships - Ans:✔✔-short amount of time & intimacy
close relationships - Ans:✔✔-friendships, romantic, marital, family
therapeutic relationships - Ans:✔✔-purposeful, helpful, can be directed by a nurse
communication principles - Ans:✔✔-1. can be intentional & unintentional
2. it is irreversible
3. impossible to not communicate
4. it is unrepeatable
5. it has content & relational dimensions
mediated communication & relationships - Ans:✔✔-- convenient
- miscommunication
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- lack of connection
communication misconceptions - Ans:✔✔--More communication is not always better
-Meanings are not in words
-Successful communication doesn't always involve shared understanding
-Communication will not solve all problems
quantitative communication - Ans:✔✔-focuses on the number of people involved and includes any
interaction between two people, usually face to face
interpersonal communication - Ans:✔✔-an transactional process in which one person sends a message
to another
Dyad Communication - Ans:✔✔-occurs between two people
professionalism on social media - Ans:✔✔-- think before you post
- be considerate
- be respectful
- keep a civil tone
- dont intrude on bystanders
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Why We Communicate - Ans:✔✔-physical needs, identity needs, social needs, practical needs
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Ans:✔✔-(level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and Security, (level
3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self Actualization
the process of communication - Ans:✔✔-sending
receiving
transactional
linear
Qualitative Communication - Ans:✔✔-the parties consider one another as unique individuals rather than
as objects
features of qualitative communication - Ans:✔✔-- uniqueness
- irreplaceability
- interdependance
- disclosure
- intrinsic rewards
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