Answer to Question 1
D
The connotative meaning is the shade or interpretation of a word's meaning influenced by the thoughts, feelings, or ideas people have about the word. Slipping a little in reference to hemo-dynamic pressures is an example of using connotative meaning.
Brevity means that communication is simple, brief, and direct. Slipping a little is not an exam-ple of using brevity.
Relevance means the message is relevant or important to the situation at hand. Slipping a little is not an example of using relevance.
Pacing and control means speaking slowly enough to enunciate clearly and not changing subjects rapidly. Saying that a client is slipping a little is not an example of using pacing and control.
Answer to Question 2
A
An extremely breathless person must use oxygen to breathe rather than to speak.
Urinary frequency may interrupt conversation, but is not a communication problem.
Chronic stomach pain would not be a communication problem. The client with chronic pain is, to some degree, used to the pain.
A lack of appetite is not a communication problem.
The nurse is using Standard Precautions to draw blood.
The nurse uses a noninvasive bladder ultrasound to measure the client’s bladder volume.
A physician is performing a colonoscopy on a client and viewing the internal structures of the colon
Entry level nurse competencies
Example of simplified note for one-time client.
Measuring the client’s blood pressure