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When interviewing a client regarding his previous health history, the nurse uses hand gestures and facial expressions when communicating. This is an example of which communication technique?
 
  A) Use of touch
  B) Kinesics
  C) Blocking
  D) Objectivity

Question 2

While completing an assessment, the nurse asks a client how he is feeling. The client gives a lengthy and very detailed history of numerous problems. He states, My leg is swelling, my eye is drooping, and my cologne is too strong.
 
   The nurse would document this speech pattern as which of the following?
  A) Echolalia
  B) Circumstantiality
  C) Blocking
  D) Verbigeration



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B



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