A nurse understands that effective communication requires several components. The nurse is reviewing with a group of psychiatric nursing students the term receiver
Based on this information, what is the best description by the student nurse of receiver of the message? A) Source of the idea
B) Interpreter of the message
C) Response to the message
D) Means of transmission
B
Feedback:
The interpreter of the message is the receiver of the message. A medium or channel is the means of transmission of a message. The source of the idea is the sender or the originator of the message. Interaction or feedback is the response to the message.
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a. Measure the client's abdominal girth. b. Assess for abdominal guarding or rigidity. c. Check the client's hemoglobin and hematocrit. d. Obtain the client's complete health history.
A nurse is caring for a patient with hepatic encephalopathy. The nurse's assessment reveals that the patient exhibits episodes of confusion, is difficult to arouse from sleep and has rigid extremities
Based on these clinical findings, the nurse should document what stage of hepatic encephalopathy? A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4
One method that maternity nurses can take to dispel the health disparities among women is through:
1. increasing education provided for mothers. 2. late prenatal care. 3. increasing the number of cesarean sections. 4. making all women take more vitamins.
In a prenatal class, one woman tells the nurse that she is a vegetarian and asks whether this poses a problem in relation to her pregnancy. The nurse's most appropriate response is:
a. "All vegetarian diets provide the essential nutrients during pregnancy." b. "Your care provider may order supplemental vitamins and calcium." c. "You cannot continue a vegetarian diet and have a healthy baby." d. "Increasing your fruit intake should make up for any dietary deficiencies."