NUR 300 - Chapter 6 Review Questions and Correct Answers
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Course
NUR 300
Institution
NUR 300
Which of the following is a description of metacommunication?
a. Communication style
b. Nonverbal communication
c. Verbal communication
d. Nonverbal and verbal communication D. nonverbal and verbal communication
The nurse puts his arm around an older adult client when assisting her to transfer...
NUR 300 - Chapter 6 Review Questions
and Correct Answers
Which of the following is a description of metacommunication?
a. Communication style
b. Nonverbal communication
c. Verbal communication
d. Nonverbal and verbal communication ✅D. nonverbal and verbal communication
The nurse puts his arm around an older adult client when assisting her to transfer to a
chair. The client could interpret the nurse's touch as
a. a positive gesture only.
b. a threat.
c. denotation.
d. paralanguage. ✅A. a positive gesture only
A description of denotation is
a. a personalized meaning of a word or phrase.
b. a generalized meaning assigned to a word.
c. a meaning shared by families.
d. a meaning generally shared within a specific culture. ✅B. a generalized meaning
assigned to a word
When communicating about a client with a health care provider from another culture,
the nurse states, "The client stopped taking his medications last week when he fell off
the wagon." The health care provider looks at the nurse blankly. This is an example of
a. connotation.
b. information processing.
c. time span between messages.
, d. nonverbal cultural variations. ✅A. connotation
The nurse is assigned to care for a client who has been diagnosed with multiple
sclerosis. Which communication behavior will have the most impact on the client?
a. What is said
b. Tone of voice
c. Sense of confidence
d. Verbal message ✅B. tone of voice
Communication is a combination of
a. verbal and nonverbal behaviors.
b. pitch, tone, and paralanguage.
c. proxemics, touch, and kinesics.
d. eye contact, facial expressions, and nonverbal messages. ✅A. verbal and nonverbal
behaviors
The majority of person-to-person communication is
a. verbal.
b. process.
c. nonverbal.
d. content. ✅C. nonverbal
When the nurse asks a client, "How are you?" the client states, "I am fine." As the client
turns away, she is crying. This is an example of
a. nonverbal communication.
b. incongruence.
c. proxemics.
d. congruence. ✅B. incongruence
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