Exam 24: Communication

The nurse using critical thinking to enhance communication with patients is one who

Which technique will be most successful in ensuring effective communication? The nurse uses

A nurse is sitting at the patient's bedside taking a nursing history.Which zone of personal space is the nurse using?

A nurse believes that the nurse-patient relationship is a partnership,and that both are equal participants.Which term should the nurse use to describe this belief?

A nurse is standing beside the patient's bed. Nurse: How are you doing? Patient: I don't feel good. In this situation,which element is the feedback?

Which situation will cause the nurse to intervene and follow up on the nurse aide's behavior?

An elderly patient is wearing a hearing aid.Which technique should the nurse use to facilitate communication?

A nurse wants to present information about flu immunizations to the elderly in the community.Which type of communication should the nurse use?

When making rounds,the nurse finds a patient who is not able to sleep because of surgery in the morning.Which therapeutic response is most appropriate?

Which types of patients can cause challenging communication situations?

The nurse asks a patient where the pain is,and the patient responds by pointing to the area of pain.Which form of communication did the patient use?

A nurse is using SOLER to facilitate active listening.Which technique should the nurse use for R?

A patient says,"You are the worst nurse I have ever had." Which response by the nurse is the most assertive?

The staff is having a hard time getting an older adult patient to communicate.Which technique should the nurse suggest the staff use?

A confused older adult patient is wearing thick glasses and a hearing aid.Which intervention is priority to facilitate communication?

Which person is the best referral for a patient who speaks a foreign language?

Nurses who make the best communicators

The patient that will cause the greatest communication concerns for a nurse is the patient who is

A patient is aphasic,and the nurse notices that the patient's hands shake intermittently.Which nursing action is most appropriate to facilitate communication?

Before meeting the patient,a nurse talks to other caregivers about the patient.The nurse is in which phase of the helping relationship?