Exam 2 Questions and Answers
Graded A+.
Ted Hose - Answer TED-ThromboEmbolic Disorder
Antiembolism stockings
Edema
Middle East Personal Space - Answer Requires the least amount of personal space
Native Americans - Answer -Feel that pain should be suffered in silence
-Use eye contact judiciously-looking someone in the eye challenges authority
-Frown upon public displays of affection and touching
Factors influencing infant mortality rate in the U.S. - Answer -Falls
-Choking
-Drowning
Objective Data - Answer Things observed through hearing, sight, smell or touch
Subjective Data - Answer What the patient tells you
Genetic Make-Up - Answer Traits passed down from parents to offspring
Open Ended Question - Answer How are you doing today?
Closed Ended Question - Answer How tall are you?
Communication with an unconscious patient - Answer More informative rather than
conversational explaining what is being done. The patient may still respond emotionally and can
still hear.
, -"I'm really nervous about my surgery"
-"You are anxious about your surgery?"
Paraphrasing - Answer Restates in different words what the patient says
Unfinished Statements - Answer Patient finishing nurses statetment
Therapeutic Communication Techniques - Answer -Using silence
-Offering self
-Seeking clarification
-Open ended questions
-Giving information
-Using reflection
-Looking at alternatives
-Summarizing
-Using restatements
-Providing general leads
Morbidity - Answer Incidence or prevalence of a disease in a specific population
Barriers to communication - Answer -Looking distracted
-Turning away
-Standing over a patient while they are seated
-False reassurance
-Giving advice
-Belittling a patients' feelings
-Expressing disapproval
-Personal, probing questions
Medication storage - Answer -Computerized cabinets
-Medication carts