Exam 3 Collection Flashcards
Describe mild anxiety
Heightened state of alertness
A preschooler is having difficulty with communication. How should the nurse address this?
With play. Clay, crayons, and paper become modes of expression for important feelings and thoughts about problems. Play is the child’s language especially because children have major difficulties verbalizing their feelings
A patient is recovering from a head injury with a lower level of consciousness. What is important to remember regarding verbal communication?
Hearing can remain acute. Initiate conversation and remember you patient may be able to hear you even if they appear unconscious
What is expressive aphasia?
Expressive aphasia can understand what is being said but cannot express thoughts or feelings in words
What can the nurse use to assist with education for a client who is illiterate?
Images and symbols
What does avoidance in therapeutic communication lead to?
Postpone the conflict leading to future issues/problems
How does one assist a blind client with ambulation?
Allow the client to take your arm preserve the clients autonomy
Nurse are kinesthetic learners. What does that mean?
Kinesthetic learners learn best with demonstration and hands on practice
What is the goal of crisis intervention response?
To return the client to a precrisis level of functioning
An effective teaching strategy for reinforcement is shaping. Describe what shaping is?
Shaping refers to the reinforcement of successive approximations of the target behavior. The client is reinforced for behavior to get him closer to the goal or desire behavior
What is the goal of palliative care?
Management for the client and support for family during the last stages of life
What is a developmental crises?
A developmental crises can occur as individual negotiate developmental age related milestones in their life
What is veracity?
Truthful information about clients conditions
What is a teach back process?
Teach back is client/provider evaluation method to confirm a clients understanding
What is the difference between nonverbal and verbal communication?
Verbal communication includes sounds and words. Nonverbal communication uses wordless cues
A client has entered the rage stage what should the nurse do?
Leave and get help
List two de-escalation interventions for mental health emergencies
Avoid rushing client
Slow things down. Set reasonable limits.
Do not indicate you feel threatened or argue the logic of a situation. Allow verbal venting within reason. Use open non threatening stance. Go to a quiet place
What is a situational crisis?
A situational crisis refers to a stressful life event which exceeds a client’s resources and coping skills
An effective teaching strategy uses modeling. Describe this strategy
Modeling describes learning a behavior by observing another perform it
What organization established educational standards requiring health care agencies to provide systematic health education and trained clients?
The joint commission has established standards requiring health care agencies to provide systemic health education and training clients and families
An effective teaching strategy uses empowerment? What does this include?
Approaches that allow client to take on their own initiative in care
You have a client who only speaks Spanish. Who can be utilized as an interpreter to give discharge instructions?
On staff interpreters