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20 Cards in this Set
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alias
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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
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an abnormal neurologic condition in which a person is unable to express oneself through speech or writing
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assertiveness
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confidence without aggression or passivity, an important skill for a nurse to possess in interpersonal communication
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body language
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impressions one conveys through body movements and posture, eye contact, and other non-verbal means
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communication
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giving, receiving, and interpreting information (maybe verbal or nonverbal)
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eye contact
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looking another person in the eye
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interview
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a goal-directed conversation in which one person seeks information from the other
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non-verbal communication
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conveying information or messages without speaking or writing. components include items such as therapeutic tough, gestures, body language, facial expressions, and eye contact
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personal space
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an invisible, mutually understood area or zone around a person that is considered inappropriate for strangers to violate (varies between cultures) if a person invades another's personal space (comes too close) it may cause discomfort. much nursing care must occur within the clients personal space |
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proxemics
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the use of space in relationship to communication
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therapeutic communication
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communication (usually verbal) with a client that is helpful and beneficial; creating a healing curtive, and safe milieu
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verbal communication
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giving information, news, or messages by speaking or writing
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vital signs
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measurements of temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure
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apical pulse
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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
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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
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cessation of breathing
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auscultation
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externally listening to sounds from within the body to determine abnormal conditions, as auscultation of blood pressure with a stethoscope
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axillary
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the underarms
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bradycardia
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abnormally slow heart; slow pulse
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bradypnea
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condition in which breaths are abnormally slow and fall below ten per minute
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