Lesson 7 - Communicating With The Health Team

Question 1

The health team exchanges information. They send and receive messages. This is:

Answer 1

Communication

Question 2

Communication is:

Answer 2

The exchange of information

Question 3

Which has the same meaning for everyone?

Answer 3

Temperature of 99 F

Question 4

The nurse used a medical term that you do not understand. What should you do?

Answer 4

Look the word up in a medical dictionary

Question 5

Which promotes communication ?

Answer 5

Being brief and concise

Question 6

A nurse aide notices blood in a patient’s IV tubing. The aide should

Answer 6

Notify the IV nurse

Question 7

A patient complains that her hand hurts where the IV is running. The nurse assistant notices that the hand is puffy. The nurse assistant should

Answer 7

Notify the IV nurse that the infusion appears to have infiltrated

Question 8

Which of the following is proper way to correct an error in charting?

Answer 8

Draw a single line through it

Question 9

If the nurse aide is concerned about client care, whom should the nurse aide speak to FIRST?

Answer 9

The nurse in charge

Question 10

After you’ve had to complete several assignments that a co-worker didn’t do, what is the best approach?

Answer 10

Ask the coworker if there was a reason