Nursing
Who are priests and family?
The most effective communication style.
What is assertive?
This type of question limits the information received from the client and is a barrier to communication.
What are yes/no questions?
The nurse should talk to a patient with vision loss while they are entering the room.
What is true?
The blockage of soundwaves so they cannot reach the inner ear.
What is conductive hearing loss?
This nurse recognized that poor hygiene was causing patients to die during the Crimean War.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
The two types of communication.
What is verbal and non-verbal?
This barrier to communication occurs when the nurse states, "Don't worry, you will be just fine.".
What is false reassurance?
Used to assess visual accuity.
What is the Snellen eye chart?
Alteration of the inner ear, auditory nerve, or hearing center.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
The exam taken by LPN's to be able to obtain a nursing license and practice.
What is the NCLEX-PN?
The nurse should have this prior to calling the physician to update them on a patient's condition.
What is recent assessment, vital signs and laboratory data?
The patient asks the nurse what they should do and the nurse gives his/her opinion.
What is giving advice?
What is putting the call light within reach, orienting the patient to the room, removing obstacles and putting the bed in the lowest position?
Use soap and water and allow to air dry.
How to clean a hearing aid?
The use of knowledge obtained from research to base clinical judgements and care.
What is evidence-based practice?
A communication tool to provide clear and concise information when communicating in crisis.
What is SBAR?
Emotional and physical components.
What is the environment?
Common physical assessment findings for patient's with vision loss.
What are frequent headaches, eye strain, blurred vision, diplopia?
Assesses hearing at different frequencies and decibels.
What is audiometry.
The nursing theorist who built her theory around the fact that caring was essential to nursing practice.
Who is Jean Watson?
When having a conversation with a patient, the nurse uses the client's exact words to show they are listening.
What is restatement?
Eye contact, personal space, touch and gestures.
What is non-verbal patterns of communication?
What is age, infection, injury and brain tumor?
Examples of ototoxic medications.
What are gentamicin, metronidazole, furosemide, aspirin, ibuprofen and chemotherapy agents?