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Metacommunication - verbal & non-verbal verbal communication - - Vocal pitch - tone of voice - words nonverbal communication - - Body language - facial expressing - eye contact meaning - Affected by ones cultural competent - 2 forms > denotation > connotation detonation - Generalized meaning assigned to a word Connotation - More personalized meaning to a words or phrase Paralanguage (meta communication - component) - moderate pitch and tone in vocalization Proxemics - - non ...

Four patients in labor all request epidural analgesia to manage their pain at the same time. Which ethical principle is compromised when only one nurse anaesthetist is on call? A. Justice B. Nonmaleficence C. Beneficence D. Fidelity - ANS: A Justice refers to fairness and is used frequently in discussion regarding access to health care resources. Here the just distribution of resources, in this case pain management, cannot be justly apportioned. The patient tells the nurse that she is ...