When practicing reflective listening, also called active listening, nurses must remember that
A. It involves concentration, caring, and commitment.
B. The speaker should try to talk a little faster to save time.
C. They should intentionally focus on the speaker.
D. Both A and C
ANS: D
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1. "Osteopathy is a hands-on therapy that focuses on the health and function of the spine and other body structures and their effect on health; naturopathy stimulates the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that, in larger doses, would produce symptoms or illness." 2. "Osteopathy aims to support the body's inherent ability to maintain and restore health, and prefers to use treatment approaches considered to be the least invasive; naturopathy is a system of medicine that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of the body." 3. "Osteopathy is a system of medicine that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of the body; naturopathy aims to support the body's inherent ability to maintain and restore health, and prefers to use treatment approaches considered to be the least invasive." 4. "Osteopathy stimulates the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that, in larger doses, would produce symptoms or illness; naturopathy is a hands-on therapy that focuses on the health and function of the spine and other body structures and their effect on health."
Once a patient who is being treated for hypothyroidism returns to euthyroid with normal TSH levels, he or she should be monitored with TSH and free T4 levels every:
1. 2 weeks 2. 4 weeks 3. 2 months 4. 6 months
Through vaginal examination the nurse determines that a woman is 4 cm dilated, and the external fetal monitor shows uterine contractions every 3.5 to 4 minutes. The nurse would report this as:
a. First stage, latent phase. c. First stage, transition phase. b. First stage, active phase. d. Second stage, latent phase.
A ______________ serves as an artificial layer of fat to protect bony surfaces
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word