An initiative has been launched in a large hospital to promote the use of "people-first" language in formal and informal communication. What is the significance to the patient when the nurse uses "people-first" language?
A) The nurse knows more clearly who the patient is.
B) The person is of more importance to the nurse than the disability.
C) The patient's disability is the defining characteristic of the patient's life.
D) The nurse knows that the patient's disability is a curable condition.
Ans: B
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This simple use of language conveys the message that the person, rather than the illness or disability, is of greater importance to the nurse. The other answers are incorrect because no matter what language the nurse uses, the nurse knows who the patient is, that the patient's disability is not most important in the patient's life, and that the patient's disability most likely will never be cured.
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