Chapter 7 Assignment

What is the best method to interacting with elderly patients? Group of answer choices

If they are not impaired or confused, treat them like any other patient.

Drawbacks of using a patient's family member as an interpreter include all the following except: Group of answer choices

The patient must approve the use of the family members as his or her interpreter.

Patients with a closed stance may be communicating all the following except:

They have questions.

Research shows that if you let patients talk uninterrupted for as long as they want, most patients will talk for: Group of answer choices

30-90 seconds.

When you are speaking to a large group, you should use eye contact to:

All the options.

The purpose of eye contact is to do all the following except: Group of answer choices

Distract people from important information

All the following is true about interpersonal skills except:

Skills you should use only in difficult social situations.

To preserve personal space, people in a crowded elevator will usually: Group of answer choices

Stand as far apart from one another as possible.

If a health professional does not mirror a patient's body language:

The patient will be less cooperative.

While you are listening to someone speak, you should: Group of answer choices

Wait for a pause before you speak.

It can be difficult to stay focused when you are listening to someone because:

You can think at 500 words per minute, which is must faster than the person's speaking capacity.

When communicating with small children, do all of the following except:

communicate with their parents or caretakers instead

When communicating with a person who has a speech impediment or impairment, you should do all the following except: Group of answer choices

Finish their sentences when they are having difficulty doing so.

The purpose of mirroring is to: Group of answer choices

Foster empathy and understanding.

You should take the following action when interacting with a patient who has a visual impairment: Group of answer choices

Determine the extent of the person's visual impairment.

Body language can be related to actual speech in all the following ways except:

The words you choose.

Microexpressions are characterized by all the following except:

They involve squinting.

Good strategies for communicating with people who speak little or no English include all of the following except

Correct their English to help them improve their language skills.

Health professionals who present an open stance convey all the following except: Group of answer choices

Boredom

The best way to communicate with hearing-impaired clients is to: Group of answer choices

Ask them how they prefer to communicate.