Prefix Power
This prefix means away from.
What is ab-?
This communication skill requires the nurse to give the patient full attention, avoid interruptions, and listen for both words and feelings.
What is active listening?
This leadership style frequently consults with staff and encourages participation in decision-making.
What is democratic leadership?
An infant's birth weight typically does this by 6 months of age.
What is doubles?
This type of family includes parents, children, grandparents, and other relatives.
What is an extended family?
Older adults between the ages of 65 and 74 are classified in this age category.
What is young-old?
This prefix means toward.
What is ad-?
A patient says, “I’m fine,” but is grimacing and guarding the abdomen. This type of communication occurs when verbal and nonverbal messages do not match.
What is incongruent communication?
This leadership style allows the group significant autonomy and provides little direction or control.
What is laissez-faire leadership?
A 9-month-old begins crying when an unfamiliar nurse approaches. This normal developmental behavior commonly begins around 6–8 months.
What is stranger anxiety?
Young adults who leave home but later return to live with their parents are commonly called this.
What are boomerang children?
This age-related change causes difficulty focusing on objects that are close and may require the use of reading glasses.
What is presbyopia?
This prefix means against.
What is anti-?
This therapeutic technique encourages a patient to give more information rather than simply answering “yes” or “no.”
What is an open-ended question?
An LPN assigns routine vital signs to a qualified UAP. Even though the task was delegated, this person remains accountable for the delegated task.
Who is the LPN/licensed nurse?
A toddler frequently saying “No!” is considered a normal sign of developing this quality.
What is independence/autonomy?
A middle-aged parent feels sadness and loss after the last child leaves home. This experience is known as this syndrome.
What is empty nest syndrome?
An older patient appears confused and has difficulty answering the nurse's questions. Before assuming dementia, the nurse should first assess these two sensory functions.
What are hearing and vision?
This prefix means against or opposite.
What is contra-?
A nurse says, “You said you are worried about going home. Tell me more about what concerns you.” This response demonstrates a communication technique that keeps the discussion centered on an important topic.
What is focusing?
Before delegating a nursing task to unlicensed personnel, the nurse must verify that the task is legally permitted and that this has been documented for the UAP.
What is competency or within their scope of practice?
By approximately 12 months, an infant's birth weight has typically done this.
What is tripled?
A middle-aged adult caring for dependent children while also caring for aging parents is considered part of this generation
What is the sandwich generation?
Older adults who are 85 years and older are classified in this age category.
What is old-old?
This prefix means bad, painful, difficult, or abnormal.
What is dys-?
This therapeutic communication technique repeats the patient's message using similar words to demonstrate understanding.
What is restating?
This nursing leadership role receives shift report, makes patient assignments, assesses patients, directs medications and treatments, and reports patient status to the oncoming shift.
What is the charge nurse?
During the school-age years, friends and these social groups become increasingly important to the child's development.
What are peer groups?
Providing loving care and guidance is this important function of the family.
What is nurturance?
Slower movement of food through the digestive tract increases an older adult's risk for this common elimination problem.
What is constipation?