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NU 240 Exam 1 Questions and Answers What is communication? - Answer--complex, ongoing, interactive process -verbal or non-verbal -influenced by culture, values, beliefs and experiences What are the communication patterns? - Answer--verbal -tone -nonverbal (facial expressions, gestures, eye co...

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NU 240 Exam 1 Questions and Answers

What is communication? - Answer✔✔--complex, ongoing, interactive process


-verbal or non-verbal


-influenced by culture, values, beliefs and experiences


What are the communication patterns? - Answer✔✔--verbal


-tone


-nonverbal (facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, body language)


Nonverbal Communication Skills - Answer✔✔--behavior of nurse


-physical appearance of the nurse


-body proxemics/distance/space


-touch


-cultural considerations


Verbal Communication Skills - Answer✔✔--effective interviewing skills


-nurse's speech


-language


What is active listening? - Answer✔✔--the ability to focus on patients and their perspectives

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-taking about difficult feelings helps patients to heal


What is the nurse's role in communication? - Answer✔✔--therapeutic use of self


-therapeutic communication


-therapeutic distance


-therapeutic touch


-increased care, increased empathy


What is reflection? - Answer✔✔-reflecting content of feeling of message to the patient


Silence - Answer✔✔--invites patient to continue talking


-some cultures, like Navajo, rely on silence during conversations


-use silence to allow patient to compose one's thoughts


Clarifying - Answer✔✔--clarify a point the patient makes


-ensure there is no miscommunication


Conveying Information - Answer✔✔-conveying direct information


Summarizing - Answer✔✔--at the end of the interview


-closure phase


Humor - Answer✔✔--can help patent diffuse emotionally charged situation


-be careful with whom you use humor


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Barriers to Therapeutic Communication Non-therapeutic Response - Answer✔✔--false

reassurance


-sympathy


-unwanted advise


-biased questions


-changing the subject


-distractions


-technical or overwhelming language


-interrupting


-self-focusing behavior


What will the effective use and working knowledge of therapeutic communication techniques

do? - Answer✔✔-enhance patient care and interactions with family and patients through the

concept of "therapeutic use of self"


Professional Expectations - Answer✔✔--nonprofessional involvement


-sexual boundary violation


Phases of the Interview Process Nurse-patient relationship - Answer✔✔--preinteraction phase


-beginning phase


-working phase (close-ended or direct questions, open-ended questions)

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-closing phase


Intercultural Communication - Answer✔✔--cultural differences may exist related to group or

ethnicity, region, age, degree of acculturation into Western society, or a combination of these

factors


-communication etiquette


-limited english


-working with an interpreter


-gender and sexual orientation issues


Lifespan Issues - Answer✔✔--children


-newborns and infants


-older children and adolescents


-older adults


Special Situations - Answer✔✔--patients in health care settings


-hearing impaired


-low level of consciousness


-cognitive impairment


-mental health/illness


-anxiety

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