communication types and examples

Question 1

restating

Answer 1

use clients exact words

Question 2

reflection

Answer 2

directs the focus back to the client in order for the client to examine their feelings

Question 3

paraphrasing

Answer 3

restate the clients feelings and thoughts for the client to confirm what gas been communicated

Question 4

exploring

Answer 4

allows the nurse to gather more information regarding important topics mentioned by the client

Question 5

offering general leads

Answer 5

encouarge the client to determine where the communication can start and to continue talking

Question 6

showing acceptance

Answer 6

acknowledges the nurse’s interest and nonjudgmental attitude

Question 7

focusing

Answer 7

helps client to concentrate on what is important

Question 8

giving information

Answer 8

provides detail that the client might need for decision making

Question 9

presenting reality

Answer 9

help client focus on what is actually happening and to dispel delusions, hallucinations, or faulty beliefs

Question 10

summarizing

Answer 10

emphasizes important points and reviews what has been discussed.

Question 11

offering-self

Answer 11

demonstrate willingness to spend time with the client. This indicates to the client that the nurse has genuine concern.

Question 12

Sublimination

Answer 12

dealing with unacceptable feelings of impulse by unconsciously submitting acceptable forms of expression

Question 13

example of sublimarion (adaptive)

Answer 13

person is angry towards their work supervisor and subimates those feelings by working out vigorously at the gym during lunch period

Question 14

suppression

Answer 14

Voluntarily denying unpleasant thoughts and feelings

Question 15

adaptive suppression example

Answer 15

student puts of thinking about a fight with friend so they can focus on exam

Question 16

maladaptive suppression example

Answer 16

person loses job states they will worry about paying the bills next week

Question 17

Repression

Answer 17

unconsciously putting unacceptable ideas, thoughts, and emotions out of awarness

Question 18

adaptive repression

Answer 18

a person preparing to give a speech unconsciously forgets about the time when they were young and kids laughed at them on stage

Question 19

Maladaptive repression

Answer 19

a person who has a fear of the dentist continually forgets to go to their dental appointments

Question 20

Regression

Answer 20

sudden use of childlike or primitive behaviors that do not correlate with the person’s current developmental level

Question 21

Adaptive regression

Answer 21

a young child temporarily wets the bed when they learn that their pet died

Question 22

maladaptive regression

Answer 22

a person who has a disagreement with a co-worker begins throwing things at their office

Question 23

displacement

Answer 23

shifting feelings related to an object, person, or situation to another less threatening object, person, situation.

Question 24

adaptive displacement

Answer 24

an adolecent angrily punches a punching bag after losing a game

Question 25

maladaptive displacement

Answer 25

a person who is angry about losing a job destroys a childs toy

Question 26

Reaction formation adaptive

Answer 26

a person who is trying to quit smoking repeatedly talks to adolescents about dangers of nicotine

Question 27

maldatpive reaction formation

Answer 27

person who resents having to care for an aging parent becomes overprotective and restricts their freedoms.

Question 28

Altruism

Answer 28

dealing with anxiety by reaching out to others

a nurse who lost her family in a fire is now a volunteer firefighter

Question 29

rationalization adaptive

Answer 29

a child says, “they must already have a boyfriend” when rejected by another child

Question 30

maladaptive rationalization

Answer 30

young adults explains they had to drive home from a party after drinking alcohol because they had to feed the dog

Question 31

adaptive dissociation

Answer 31

parent blocks out distracting noise of their children in order to focus while driving in traffic

Question 32

maladaptive dissociation

Answer 32

a person forgets who they are following a sexual assault

Question 33

denial adaptive

Answer 33

a person initally says, “no, that can’t be true” when told they have cancer

Question 34

maladaptive denial

Answer 34

a parent who is informed that their child was killed in combat tells everyone one month later that child is coming home for holidays

Question 35

compensation adaptive

Answer 35

an adolescent who is physically unable to play contact sports excels in academic competitions

Question 36

identification adaptive

Answer 36

child with chronic illness pretends to be a nurse to their dolls

Question 37

maladaptive compensation

Answer 37

a person who is shy learns computer skills to avoid socialization

Question 38

maladaptive identifcation

Answer 38

child who observes their parent be abusive toward the other parent becomes a bully at school.

Question 39

intellectualization adaptive

Answer 39

a law enforcement officer blocks out the emotional aspects of a crime so they can objectively focus on investigation

Question 40

maladaptive intellecutalization

Answer 40

a person who learns they have a terminal illness focuses on creating a will and financial matters rather than addressing their grief

Question 41

conversion maladaptive

Answer 41

a person experiences deafness after their partner tells them they want a divorce

Question 42

splitting maladaptive

Answer 42

a client tells a nurse that the nurse is the only one who cares about them, yet the following day, the client refuses to talk to the nurse

Question 43

projection maladaptive

Answer 43

a married client who is attracted to another person accuses their partner of having an affair