Author Question: A nurse enters a patient's room and sees the patient grimacing with each movement. When the nurse ... (Read 116 times)

storky111 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse enters a patient's room and sees the patient grimacing with each movement. When the nurse asks in a normal tone of voice how the patient is feeling, the patient states that he or she feels fine.

Which finding will the nurse classify as nonverbal communication? a. The nurse's tone of voice is normal.
b. The patient states that he or she feels fine.
c. The nurse asks how the patient is feeling.
d. The patient grimaces with each movement.

Question 2

A nurse is working in a newborn special care unit that has numerous premature infants. She recently transferred to this unit from an adult intensive care unit.

The nurse is very cautious in administering medications because premature newborns are especially vulnerable to medication errors. Why is this true? a. Premature infants excrete urine more quickly than older infants.
b. Premature infants metabolize medications more quickly than older children.
c. Premature infants require more frequent dosing to achieve desired effects.
d. Premature infants have less mature livers and kidneys.

chereeb · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
The patient grimacing with each movement is nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communi-cation includes messages sent through the language of the body, without the use of words. Non-verbal forms of communication include use of facial expressions, eyes, gestures, posture, and physical appearance. Nonverbal communication often reveals physical feelings. Tone of voice, asking questions, and saying that he or she feels fine are examples of verbal communication. Verbal communication involves the use of words or phrases and includes intonation, pacing, de-notative and connotative meanings, volume, clarity, brevity, timing and relevance.

Answer to Question 2

D
A child's age, weight, and maturity of body systems affect the ability to metabolize and excrete medications. For example, premature infants have underdeveloped livers and kidneys, which makes them especially susceptible to the harmful effects of medications. As children develop out of the newborn period, they metabolize medications quicker, resulting in the need for more fre-quent dosing of medications to achieve the medication's desired effect.