Which example has the greatest potential to influence communication?
1. The nurse obtains an admission history from the parents of an adopted child.
2. The nurse gives discharge instructions to a couple in their early 80s.
3. The nurse manager hires a new nurse originally from the Philippines.
4. The emergency nurse receives a client via ambulance transferred for confusion.
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Explanation: 1. Communication will be most affected by the confusion of the client because the nurse cannot
be sure of anything the client communicates. Just because a person is adopted, elderly, or
originally from another country does not automatically mean communication will be
influenced.
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