When caring for a hospitalized client, the nurse demonstrates effective communication when
a. presenting several ideas at a time.
b. using vocabulary that is unfamiliar to the client.
c. stating key ideas only once.
d. putting ideas in a logical sequence of related material.
ANS: D
Guidelines to effective verbal communication in the nurse-client relationship include putting ideas in a logical sequence of related material, focusing only on essential elements and presenting one idea at a time, keeping language as simple as possible through using vocabulary familiar to the client, and repeating key ideas.
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