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lindiwe

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A nurse is worried about an upcoming judicial appointment. A co-worker explains that the nurse can voice opinions about such matters best by
 
  a. calling the majority party's leadership.
  b. phoning the nurse's House member.
  c. sending a petition to the president.
  d. writing to the senator from that state.

Question 2

A nurse usually avoids physical contact with patients, but when one is diagnosed with a terminal disease, the nurse wishes to hug the patient.
 
  This contradiction initially confuses the nurse, but a co-worker helps the nurse differentiate the two behavioral responses based on
  a. feelings of closeness to this patient.
  b. the context in which each occurred.
  c. therapeutic communication techniques.
  d. values that guided each situation.



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Answer to Question 1

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The Senate has the primary responsibility for such political appointments as judges, ambassadors, the surgeon general, cabinet members, and federal agency directors. The nurse should write (or call) the senators from his or her state.
The majority party's leadership would not necessarily be involved in a judicial appointment.
The House of Representatives does not have primary responsibility for judicial appointments.
The president nominates people for judicial appointments but does not get them appointed.

Answer to Question 2

B
Context is the biggest influence on the interpretation of communication, and it means more than the place and time in which communication occurred. The nuances and shared meanings that occur in each situation give rise to individually constructed meanings. In the setting of a new terminal diagnosis, the nurse was aware of contextually driven communication needs and responded by wanting to hug the patient.
Nurses do become closer to some patients than to others, but this is a very narrow explanation.
Touch is part of therapeutic communication, but this is too narrow an explanation.
Values are part of all communication encounters, but this is too narrow to explain the appropriateness of the different responses.




lindiwe

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Reply 2 on: Jul 17, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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