Foundations (24-26)

Match the following levels of communication.

• Interactions with a small number

• Public

• Occurs within the individual

• Interpersonal

• One to One interaction between 2 people

• Electronic

• Interaction within an audience

• Small group

• Use of technology to create relationship

• Intrapersonal

You are invited to attend the weekly unit patient care conference. The staff discusses patient care issues. This type of communication is: ​

• Public

• Intrapersonal

• Transpersonal

• Small group

Helping relationships serve as the foundation of clinical nursing practice. Contracts for a therapeutic helping relationship are formed during the:

• Orientation Stage

• Working Stage

• Termination Stage

• Pre-Interaction Stage

While admitting a patient, during the initial interview, a family member tells you, “My mom really means that she does not understand her medical diagnosis.” The communication form used by the family member is: ​

• Focusing

• Clarifying

• Summarizing

• Paraphrasing

A patient newly diagnosed with diabetes needs to learn how to use a glucometer. Use of a glucometer constitutes:

• Affective Learning

• Cognitive Learning

• Motivational Learning

• Psychomotor Learning

Information regarding a patient’s health status may not be released to non–health care team members because: ​

• legal and ethical obligations require health care providers to keep information strictly confidential.

• regulations require health care institutions to document evidence of physical and emotional well-being.​

• reimbursement issues related to patient care and procedures may be of concern.​

• fragmentation of nursing and medical care procedures may be identified.​

A nurse has just admitted a patient with a medical diagnosis of congestive heart failure. When completing the admission paper work, the nurse needs to record: ​

• an interpretation of patient behavior.​

• objective data that are observed.​

• lengthy entry using lay terminology.​

• abbreviations familiar to the nurse.​

A nurse records that the patient stated his abdominal pain is worse now than last night. This is an example of: ​

• PIE documentation.​

• SOAP documentation.​

• narrative charting.​

• charting by exception.​

A patient you are assisting has fallen in the shower. You must complete an incident report. The purpose of an incident report is to:​

• exchange information among health care members.​

• provide information about patients from one unit to another unit.​

• ensure proper care for the patient.​

• aid in the hospital’s quality improvement program. ​

Military time is used for documentation and needs to document that a patient was medicated for pain after midnight. Identify the correct military time to document medication administered at 12:05 a.m.

• 0005

• 1205

• 0105

• 1305