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mckennatimberlake · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

The nurse reviews with a group of student nurses that silence is an important communication tool. What are the best responses by the student nurses about the valuable therapeutic communication tool of silence?

1 . Provides an opportunity to collect thoughts.
2 . Makes it difficult to prepare to continue the conversation.
3 . Many clients will respond verbally to silence.
4 . Nurses find it easy to cope with client's silence.
A) 1, 3
B) 1, 4
C) 2, 3
D) 3, 4

Question 2

The nurse studying the metric system learns that the following measurement is used to measure volume:

A) cm
B) mL
C) kg
D) mg

hanadaa · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Feedback:
Silence gives the nurse and the client an opportunity to collect their thoughts and to prepare to continue the conversation. It is very difficult for many people to cope with silence; they feel they must say something. Many clients will respond verbally to silence.

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback:
mL is a milliliter used to measure volume; cm is a centimeter used to measure distance; kg is a kilogram used to measure weight, and mg is a milligram used to measure weight.