Exam 6: Effective Communication

Collaboration is dependent on the effectiveness of communication among members of the healthcare team.

Which of the following concepts are the basic components in communication? Select all that apply.

When conveying the "S" section of the SBAR communication,it should be as long as it takes to thoroughly communicate what you need.

Use of jargon is not useful in a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship.

You are working with an OR team that decides to use a huddle.What is a reason that a team would use a huddle?

Which of the following are the components of SBAR?

Choice of clothing is:

In collaboration,the person with the most knowledge is always of the utmost importance in effective nurse-patient communication.

Which of the following statements finishes the sentence? Communication can:

Barriers to communication can include false reassurance,use of jargon,and advice giving.

Potter and Perry include denotative as:

Metacommunication:

Stereotyping to draw conclusions from a person's background can be useful in understanding the patient.

Communication models:

Barriers to communication may lower a patient's self-esteem.

Which of the following is not a means of verbal communication?

The nurse is talking to the physician and is overheard saying,"I think that his incision is bleeding more than usual and requires intervention by you." This statement is an example of which component of SBAR?

Which of these statements is true about good communication between a patient and nurse? Select all that apply.

Important aspects of verbal communication include which of the following? Select all that apply.