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An older adult patient who has a speech Use a whiteboard or picture board
impairment exhibits facial expressions and
gesture to suggest being in moderate pain,
but the patient is unable to fully express
feelings.
Which approach should the nurse take to
assess the patient's condition accurately?
A. Use an interpreter
B.Speak Slowly
C.Use a whiteboard or picture board
D. Use sign language
A patient is being admitted for dehydration. Know how individuals in the patient's culture greet one
The patient can understand English but has another.
difficulty speaking the language.
Which strategy should the nurse implement
in this situation?
The nurse prepares to assess an older adult C. Asking the family to wait in the hall.
patient who has a hearing deficit.
-Which action by the nurse indicates the
need for training in effective
communication?
A. Turning down the volume on the tv set
B.facing the patient when speaking
C Asking the family to wait in the hall
D. Closing the door to the room
The manager schedules an unlicensed Asking a 65 year old patient, "Are we ready to get out of
assistive personnel (UAP) to attend a basic bed?"
communication program after observing the
UAP provide patient care.
Which action by the UAP most likely
resulted in this type of referral?
A. Talking with a newly admitted patient
about his grandchildren
B. Referring to a 70-year-old patient's
abdominal wound as "your incision'
C.Asking a 65-year-old patient, "Are we
ready to get out of bed?"
D. Referring to a 75-year-old male patient as
"Mr. Dan"
, The nurse is conducting a home visit for a Clarity and brevity
patient who indicates feeling depressed due
to not progressing as fast as expected after
surgery. The nurse states, "Everyone heals
differently. what do you think is hindering
your progression?"
Which factor supports the nurse-pateint
relationship by being direct and showing
concern to the patient's issue?
A. Simplicity and relevance
B. Credibility and adaptability
C. Clarity and brevity
D. Timing and relevance
A patient states, "I've been having stomach Response
pain, nausea, headache, and diarrhea for the
past 3 days," The nurse intently nods while
writing the patient's symptoms.
Which part of the communication process is
the nurse demonstrating?
A. Response
B. Receiver
c. Sender
D. Message
While transferring a patient back into bed The term 'cow' stands for a computer on wheels"
after a procedure, the patient states that it
wasn't very nice for the nurse to say that the
"cow was coming down the hall."
Which is the most appropriate response by
the nurse in this situation?
A. "I was just joking with that person!"
B. "The term 'cow' stands for a computer on
wheels"
c. "you must have misunderstood what I
said."
D."I didn't mean to call someone a cow!"
A patient asks, "Why is my blood sugar so Aggressive
high?" The nurse replies, "Well, it's your fault.
I see that you have been eating those
cinnamon buns your daughter brought you."
Which type of communicator is the nurse
presenting as?
A.Aggressive communicator
B. Active communicator
C. Aggressive communication
D. Passive communicator