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20 Cards in this Set
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ALIAS |
An assigned name under which certain clients are admitted to (and records kept in) a healthcare facility in order to maintain anonymity. |
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APHASIA |
An abnormal neurologic condition in which a person is unable to express oneself through speech or writing. |
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ASSERTIVENESS |
Confidence without aggression or passivity, an important skill for a nurse to possess in interpersonal communication. |
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BODY LANGUAGE |
Impressions one conveys through body movements and posture, eye contact, and other non-verbal means. |
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COMMUNICATION |
Giving, receiving, and interperting information (maybe verbal or nonverbal). |
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EYE CONTACT |
Looking another person in the eye. |
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INTERVIEW |
A goal-directed conversation in which one person seeks information from the other. |
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NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION |
Conveying information or messages without speaking or writing. Components include items such as therapeutic though, gestures, body language, facial expressions, and eye contact. |
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PERSONAL SPACE |
An invisible, mutually understood area or zone around a person that is considered inappropriate for strangers to violate (varies between cultures). |
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PROXEMICS |
The use of space in relationship to communication. |
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THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION |
Communication (usually verbal) with a client that is helpful and beneficial; creating a healing curative, and safe milieu. |
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VERBAL COMMUNICATION |
Giving information, news, or messages by speaking or writing. |
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VITAL SIGNS |
Measurement of temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure. |
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APICAL PULSE |
Pulse normally heard at the heart's apex, which usually gives the most accurate assessment of pulse rate. |
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APICAL-RADIAL PULSE |
Reading done by measuring both the apical and radial pulses simultaneously, used when it is suspected that the heart is not effectively pumping blood. |
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APNEA |
Cessation of breathing |
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AUSCULTATION |
Externally listening to sounds from within the body to determine abnormal conditions, as ausculation of blood pressure with a stethoscope. |
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AXILLARY |
The underarms |
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BRADYCARDIA |
Abnormally slow heart; slow pulse. |
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BRADYPNEA |
Condition in which breaths are abnormally slow and fall below ten per minute. |
