Exam 8: Communication and the Nurse Patient Relationship

Behaviors that indicate to the patient that the nurse is inattentive to the patient's concerns are such activities as: (Select all that apply.)

When communicating with an adolescent, the nurse should be very sensitive to avoid:

The characteristic that is representative of the nurse-patient relationship is that this relationship:

A home health patient with a bleeding ulcer informs the nurse that she ate a bowl of chili with jalapenos. An inappropriate communication block with a judgmental tone by the nurse would be:

An example of a nurse communicating with a patient using open-ended questions would be:

A nurse is delegating to a nursing assistant. The most appropriate form of this type of communication would be:

The nurse caring for a patient who is concerned about her 10-pound weight loss relative to her chemotherapy tells the patient, "Lucky you! Every cloud has a silver lining." The nurse's statement is an example of which type of communication block?

The nurse has selected an outcome for the patient to eat all of the food on the breakfast tray each day. Assessing that the patient has eaten all of the breakfast, the nurse would give positive feedback by saying:

When using the telephone to communicate with a primary care provider about a patient, the student nurse should have ready: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient who states, "I tossed and turned last night." The nurse responds to the patient, "You feel like you were awake all night?" This is an example of:

A patient asks the nurse, "What would you do if you had cancer and had to choose between surgery and chemotherapy?" The reply that can best help the patient is:

A patient with a nursing diagnosis of Sensory perception, disturbed auditory, would most appropriately require the nurse to:

When a patient states, "I don't feel like walking today," the nurse's most therapeutic verbal response would be:

When a nurse is conducting an assessment interview, the most efficient technique would be:

While interviewing a Native American man for the admission history, the nurse should expect to:

The nurse is aware that the purpose of therapeutic communication is to:

The nurse is alert to avoid using blocks to effective communication that include: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is aware that the use of false reassurance is harmful to the nurse-patient relationship, because this communication block:

A 67-year-old woman had major abdominal surgery yesterday. She has IV lines, a urinary catheter, and an abdominal wound dressing, and she is receiving PRN pain medication. The end of shift report that best conveys the patient status is:

The nurse chooses to use touch in the nurse-patient relationship because touch: