What is successful communication dependent on? (Select all that apply.)
a. The need to share information with someone else
b. Empathetic listening
c. Assessing or correcting communication barriers
d. Using perfect grammar
e. Use of a variety of communication skills
ANS: A, B, C, E
Perfect grammar is not essential to successful communication.
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1. Advertisement of high nurse to patient ratio 2. Product and place 3. Promotion 4. Patient classification system 5. Price
The nurse is obtaining consent from a subject newly recruited for a clinical drug trial that will last for 6 months
All subjects will be given gift certificates for participating. One subject says, "Well, I guess if the drug doesn't work, I'll just have to put up with the symptoms for 6 months." What will the nurse tell the subject? a. "Participation for the duration of the study is required." b. "Participation may end at any time without penalty." c. "Withdrawal from the study may end at any time, but the gift certificate will not be given." d. "You can request placement in the treatment group."
The nurse suspects that a client with depression and breast cancer has been hoarding her pain and sleeping medication. Which of these nursing actions is the BEST choice?
a. Confront the client with suspicions about the medication. b. Withhold her medications, and discuss the situation with her provider tomorrow. c. Allow this client the freedom to make choices regarding her own life. d. While the client is at her radiation therapy, conduct a thorough search of her belongings.
The nurse plans to administer heparin by drawing the heparin up in an appropriate syringe, donning gloves, prepping the patient's abdominal area, injecting the needle, aspirating for blood, and injecting the medication
Which statement best describes the nurse's plan? 1. The nurse does not need to wear gloves. 2. The nurse should not aspirate for blood. 3. The nurse does not need to prep the skin. 4. The nurse performed the injection correctly.