Communication-PrepU

The nurse is assessing a client who was recently diagnosed with anxiety disorder. Which question asked by the nurse conveys a concrete message?

"At what time did you take the last dose of the antianxiety drugs?"; Concrete messages use explicit wording and need no interpretation. Asking the client about the time of the last dose of the antianxiety drugs conveys the most accurate information.

Nursing students are learning about the importance of therapeutic communication in their pediatric course. The nursing instructor identifies a need for further teaching when a student makes which statement?

"It is best to stand when listening to a child to demonstrate knowledge."

The nurse is discussing immediate postoperative communication strategies with a client scheduled for a total laryngectomy. What information will the nurse include?

"You can use writing or a communication board to communicate."

Which sign or symptom suggests that a 5-year-old boy who does not maintain eye contact or speak may have autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?

The child constantly opens and closes his hands.; Repetitive motor mannerisms such as constantly opening and closing the hands are a typical behavior pattern for ASD

A nurse is seeing a client who has recently been discharged from the hospital for a suicide attempt. When asked about the quality of her relationship with her husband, the client becomes silent, diverts eye contact and says, "It's okay." What is the nurse's best response?

"What you are saying and how you say it does not seem to match."

A nurse is caring for a client with multiple chronic conditions and some physical disabilities. The nurse is using "people-first" language with the following statement during end-of-shift report:

"Last evening, Mr. Rudd, a 44-year-old patient with diabetes was admitted to the unit."; t is important to all people, both those with and those without disabilities, that they not be equated with their illness or physical condition.

In a nursing unit, the RN delegates nursing tasks to the nursing assistant. Keeping in mind the delegation guidelines, which statement denotes the right communication for the nursing assistant?

"Dispose of the disconnected IV set."

A nurse is requesting to receive the change-of-shift report at the bedside of each client. The nurse giving the report asks about the purpose of giving it at the bedside. Which response by the nurse receiving the report is most appropriate?

"It will allow for us to see the client and possibly increase client participation in care."

A nurse is conducting a health history. The client's spouse is answering the interview questions. What question would be appropriate to ask the client before proceeding with the remainder of the interview?

"Who manages health care-related issues in your family?"

Therapeutic communication techniques between client and nurse facilitate continuity of care. Which of the following identifies the value of therapeutic communication? Select all that apply.

Allows the nurse to display interest in the client and the communication Helps the nurse to assist the client to explore and understand his or her problems

The nurse is beginning the physical examination of a client with a complaint of fatigue. What documentation will the nurse provide to describe this general appraisal of the client's health?

The client appears mildly ill, listless, and disheveled.

The following statement is documented in a client's health record: "Patient c/o severe H/A upon arising this morning." Which interpretation of this statement is most accurate?

The client reports waking up this morning with a severe headache.

You are admitting a 30-year-old who has a hearing impairment. The client is accompanied by family members. What information would be important to ask the family members to help you care for your client?

The client's preferred method of communication

When assessing a toddler's language development, what is the standard against which you measure language in a 2-year-old toddler?

The toddler should speak in two-word sentences ("Me go").

Once a nurse has collected and interpreted the data on a client's outcome achievement, the nurse then makes a judgment and documents a statement summarizing those findings. This statement is called:

an evaluative statement.

A client who recently immigrated from Korea to the US or Canada is hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns. He speaks little English and has been lying quietly in bed. Ten hours after the client's admission, the nurse conducts a serial assessment and asks him whether he's in pain. He smiles and shakes his head vigorously back and forth. Which nursing action is most appropriate at this time?

checking vital signs and assessing for nonverbal indications of pain

When communicating with clients, nurses need to be very careful in their approach. This is particularly true when communicating using:

medical terminology.

A client with a 25-year history of smoking is diagnosed with emphysema. Physical assessment reveals an increased anterior-posterior chest diameter. Which term should the nurse use to document this finding?

Barrel chest

A nurse assesses a 29-year-old client in the outpatient mental health clinic. The nurse notes the client is speaking very quickly and jumping from topic to topic very rapidly. There is some connection between ideas, but they are difficult to follow. Which term most accurately describes this thought process?

Flight of ideas

A laboring woman has brought her partner as her support person who is dressed in feminine attire, but when she speaks, it is clear to the nurse that the support person has a male voice. When documenting about the client's support person, which term would be most appropriate?

transgender