Exam 6: Communication and Relationships

When a nurse educates a patient about his medications, the patient tells the nurse that he should go back to nursing school because he does not know very much about medications. The style of communication that the patient is demonstrating is

A nurse uses the DESC (Describe, Explain, State, Consequences) communication method to promote the

A nurse is caring for a patient who requires assistance with feeding. The nurse delegates this task to the certified nursing assistant (CNA). This type of communication is called

A nurse understands that when communicating with a patient face-to-face, communication is which of the following?

A nurse is caring for a patient who develops dyspnea that does not improve with oxygen therapy and nebulizer treatment. The nurse immediately calls the patient's primary health-care provider. This type of communication is called

A nursing instructor is educating a class of nursing students about effective communication. The nursing instructor teaches that which of the following is true about effective communication?

A nurse is caring for a patient who has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor. The patient asks the nurse if she should choose to have surgery. The nurse's most therapeutic response is:

Ineffective communication is a major cause of medical errors. Hand-off or ____________________ reporting has been identified as an area in patient care that is vulnerable to ineffective communication.

A patient throws his urinal at the nurse and tells the nurse that he thinks she is terrible at her job. The nurse informs the patient that his behavior is inappropriate. The style of communication that the nurse is demonstrating is

A nurse is caring for a patient who was admitted to the hospital for a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) resulting in difficulty understanding speech. The nurse recognizes that the patient is experiencing

A patient who appears to be in pain does not ask the nurse for pain medication because he feels it would upset the nurse. The style of communication that the patient is demonstrating is

While working with elderly patients, a nurse must use all of his or her senses to interpret verbal and nonverbal messages using a technique known as

A nurse is caring for a patient with Wernicke's aphasia. While communicating with the patient, the nurse should do which of the following?

To complete the process of active listening, a nurse should do which of the following?

An instructor is teaching students about anger and hostility in communication. The instructor explains that the by-product of anger projected outward toward others is

A nurse demonstrates active listening when doing which of the following?

A nurse recognizes that to effectively meet the goal of shared meaning in communication, verbal and nonverbal language should be

When teaching, a nursing instructor stands 15 feet from the class of nursing students. The personal space-distance zone that the nursing instructor is in is

When communicating with a patient, a nurse recognizes that patient-centered communication is defined as which of the following?

While obtaining a patient health history, a nurse recognizes that the personal space-distance zone that he or she is in when standing within 3 feet of the patient is