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What happens during the Forming phase of group process?
During the forming phase, universal norms (group ground rules) for attendance, participation, and confidentiality are defined. Getting to know each other, finding common threads in personal or professional experience, and acceptance of group goals and tasks are initial group goals. Members have a basic need for acceptance, so communication is more tentative than it will be later when members know and trust each other.
When communicating and having a conversation with a patient, the nurse recognizes that a barrier to effective communication is?
WHAT IS
thinking ahead to the next question not active listening
What are strategies the nurse should use when dealing with an angry client?
WHAT ARE
defuse hostility
avoid responding to a client’s anger by getting angry
use empathy when communicating with the client
remain with the client
The nurse is caring for a client who has a large extended family. The nurse recognizes the client is part of a group known as a ___________ group.
WHAT IS
primary
The student nurse can best learn the steps in critical thinking through what action?
WHAT IS
repeated practice
What happens during the Storming Phase of group process?
The storming phase focuses on power and control issues. Members use testing behaviors around boundaries, communication styles, and personal reactions with other members and the leader. Characteristic behaviors include disagreement with the group format, topics for discussion, the best ways to achieve group goals, and comparisons of member contributions. Although the storming phase is uncomfortable, successful resolution leads to the development of group-specific norms.
Which of the following types of thinking reflects the nursing process?
WHAT IS
Inquiry
The initial interpersonal strategy to help the client reduce strong emotion to a workable level involves?
WHAT IS
Providing a neutral, accepting, interpersonal environment
The majority of person-to-person communication is?
WHAT IS
nonverbal
Which of the following is the purpose of the nurse-client relationship?
WHAT IS
Foster a partnership with the client
What happens during the Norming Phase of group process?
In the norming phase, individual goals become aligned with group goals. Group-specific norms help create a supportive group climate characterized by dependable fellowship and purpose. These norms make the group “safe,” and members begin to experience the cohesiveness of the group as “their group.” The group holds its members accountable and challenges individual members who fail to adhere to expected norms. Cohesiveness is recognized as the foundation for group identity. It develops as group-specific behavioural standards established by members are accepted as operational norms. Sources of cohesiveness include shared goals, working through andsolving problems, and the nature of group interaction.
The statement: “All Mexicans love tacos”, is an example of?
WHAT IS
Stereotyping
The most effective problem-solving style for genuine resolution that creates a win- win situation is?
WHAT IS
collaboration
Stereotypes are learned during?
WHAT IS
childhood and reinforced by life experience
The nurse offers a client’s family a list of community resources and support groups and encourages them to become involved in the local lupus chapter. This is an example of which professional nursing role relationship?
WHAT IS
client advocate role
What happens during the Performing Phase of group process?
Most of a group’s “work” gets accomplished in the performing phase. This phase of group development is characterized by interdependence, full acceptance of each member as a person of value, and cohesion. Members feel loyal to the group and engaged in its work. They are comfortable taking risks and are invested enough in each other and the group process to offer constructive comments.
In a crisis the aim of intervention is to?
WHAT IS
Offer support and explore alternative ways of coping.
What is the goal of assertiveness?
WHAT IS
standing up for one’s personal rights
Which of the following should be achieved first in establishing the nurse-client relationship?
WHAT IS
Trust
The nurse is caring for a client who has just refused to undergo an invasive procedure that could possible extend his life by a few months. The nurse supports the client’s decision based on which essential value?
WHAT IS
autonomy
What happens during the Adjourning Phase of group process?
This phase is characterized by reviewing what has been accomplished, reflecting on the meaning of the group’s work together, and making plans to move on in different directions.
One major advantage of computer-assisted documentation is?
WHAT IS
accessibility of health records
When performing an assessment that focuses on a set of standardized connections to graphically record basic information about family members and their relationships over three generations, the nurse uses a what type of diagram?
WHAT IS A
genogram
A primary difference between a therapeutic helping relationship and a social relationship is:
WHAT IS
the focus
The nurse enters a client’s room with the intent of allowing the client to express feelings in relation to her new cancer diagnosis. The nurse notices that the client is crying and guarding her incision site. After validating physical discomfort, the nurse should?
WHAT IS
administer an analgesic and postpone the interaction