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Communication style that considers the feelings and needs of the patient yet honors the nurse's rights as an individual.
What is Assertive communication?
This type of data is provided by a family member or friend when a patient is unable to.
What is secondary data?
A fixed concept of how all members of an ethnic group act or think
What is Ethnic Stereotypes?
This pulse should be palpated when assessing the adult victim for pulselessness.
What is 4 to 6 months?
Nonverbal technique where the nurse pays full attention to what the patient is saying and does not interrupt.
What is Active Listening?
This is an organized approach the nurse can use when performing a complete physical examination.
What is a head-to-toe assessment?
When a person of a particular ethnic group believes that their beliefs and practices are best.
What is Ethnocentrism?
The nurse should apply this intervention when attempting to control bleeding in a scalp wound.
What is apply direct pressure?
In this family pattern, the parents attempt to control the children with strict, rigid rules and expectations.
What is Autocratic family pattern?
Involving the patient as a person is one of the main characteristics in this type of communication.
What is therapeutic communication?
Diabetes is an example of this type of diagnosis.
This health belief system is commonly referred to as "third-world" beliefs and practices.
What is folk health care?
After treating your heatstroke patient with cold packs and a fan, he begins to shiver. This is the next action the nurse should take.
What is remove the cold packs and fan?
The form of discrimination against older adults.
What is ageism?
When misinterpretation occurs due to this type of language that includes words like A&P, IV therapy, and renal pyelogram.
What is medical jargon?
Impaired skin integrity is an example of this diagnosis.
What is a nursing diagnosis?
This is the term for a generalization about a form of behavior, an individual or a group?
What is a stereotype?
This is a type of pressure that is applied to the artery located above the wound.
What is indirect pressure?
This family pattern is one in which the female assumes primary dominance.
What is matriarchal family pattern?
This type of aphasia indicates the patient is not able to recognize or interpret the message being presented.
What is receptive aphasia?
A blood pressure reading of 180/100 is an example of this type of data that is gathered.
What is objective data?
Understanding various cultural practices and appyling them to nursing care.
What is transcultural nursing?
This type of burn is characterized by erythema and blisters.
What is partial-thickness or 2nd degree burn?
The infant's weight at 1 years old after being born at 8lbs.
What is 24lbs? (infant's weight should triple by one year of age)