Note: When spoken, the italicized word in the following sentences is highlighted or emphasized by pitch or elongating the syllable. "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you." The highlighted words are examples of which type of paralanguage?
1. stress
2. quality
3. pitch
4. rate
ANS: 1
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1. "The next time I have a baby, I can try to deliver vaginally." 2. "The risk of rupturing my uterus is too high for me to have any more babies." 3. "Every time I have a baby, I will have to have a cesarean delivery." 4. "I can only have one more baby."
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a. Offer to play cards with the patient in the dayroom. b. Ask the patient, "Why are you pacing and counting?" c. Take the patient's arm and escort the patient to a quiet area. d. Permit the patient to pace and count until feeling more comfortable.
Suppose a nurse researcher was interested in learning whether a self-administered health history questionnaire yielded results comparable to a personal interview health history form. The researcher would be doing a(n):
A) Secondary analysis B) Content analysis C) Methodologic study D) Survey
The nurse has a thorough understanding of the planning phase of the nursing process when stating:
a. "Patients should be included in the planning process." b. "Patient families should not interfere in the planning process." c. "The planning process should focus on short-term goals only." d. "Planning is the first phase of the nursing process."