The nurse puts his arm around an older adult client when ...

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The nurse puts his arm around an older adult client when assisting her to transfer to a chair. The client could interpret the nurse's touch as
 
  a. a positive gesture only.
  b. a threat.
  c. denotation.
  d. paralanguage.

Question 2

When communicating about a client with a health care provider from another culture, the nurse states, The client stopped taking his medications last week when he fell off the wagon. The health care provider looks at the nurse blankly.
 
  This is an example of
 
  a. connotation.
  b. information processing.
  c. time span between messages.
  d. nonverbal cultural variations.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Touching a client is one of the most powerful ways a nurse has to communicate nonverbally. Within a professional relationship, affective touch can convey caring and reassurance. In studies, nurses' touching clients has been reported to be perceived both positively as an expression of caring and negatively as a threat. Denotation refers to the generalized meaning of a word. Paralanguage is the way a verbal message is expressed.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Connotation refers to the use of words in a personalized way that is culturally specific. Processing is not the problem; the health care provider requires an explanation of the meaning. The health care provider does not need more time to translate the message. This is an example of connotation, not nonverbal communication.

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