The nurse is listening to the client's concerns, sitting near the client in a chair, patting the client's hand, and making eye contact. This nurse is demonstrating which of the following?
1. Respectful communication
2. Attentive listening
3. Gentle communication
4. Barriers to communication
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Rationale: Attentive or active listening includes looking the client in the eye, sitting relatively close to the client, and focusing on the client. There is no indication of the nurse creating a barrier to communication.
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1. "It will be necessary for you to rest more and to limit exercise." 2. "In some cases, this condition is treated with a surgical procedure to place a dual-chamber pacemaker." 3. "You will need to take calcium channel blockers exactly as prescribed for the rest of your life." 4. "A common treatment for your condition is the implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator."
A nurse is providing comprehensive education about HIV transmission for an injection drug user (IDU). Which of the following would be the most important information to include?
a. How and where to acquire needles b. Proper needle usage and possible injection sites c. Spreading of the virus via homosexual ac-tivities d. Using bleach between needle uses
A person in the community asks, "Why aren't people with mental illness kept in state institutions anymore?" Select the nurse's best response
a. "Less restrictive settings are available now to care for individuals with mental illness." b. "There are fewer persons with mental illness, so less hospital beds are needed." c. "Most people with mental illness are still in psychiatric institutions." d. "Psychiatric institutions violated patients' rights."
When diagnosed with hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN), why does the newborn develop hyperbilirubinemia after birth but not in utero?
a. Excretion of unconjugated bilirubin through the placenta into the mother’s circulation is no longer possible. b. Hemoglobin does not breakdown into bilirubin in the intrauterine environment. c. The liver of the fetus is too immature to conjugate bilirubin from a lipid-soluble to water-soluble form. d. The destruction of erythrocytes producing bilirubin is greater after birth.