During the assessment phase of the nursing process, the nurse may uncover data that help to identify communication problems. An example of this information is:
1. Extreme dyspnea or shortness of breath
2. Urinary frequency and pain
3. Chronic stomach pain
4. Lack of appetite
ANS: 1
An extremely breathless person must use oxygen to breathe rather than speak. Urinary frequency may interrupt conversation but is not a communication problem. Chronic stomach pain would not be a communication problem. The patient with chronic pain is, to some degree, used to the pain. A lack of appetite is not a communication problem.
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