Nursing Assessment 3009 Chapter 3

Using a patien't family member, friend, or child as interpreter for a limited English proficiency (LEP) patient.

Imagining that inanimate objects come alive and have human characteristics

The use of euphemisms to avoid reality or to hide feelings.

Examiner's response used when the patient's word choice is ambiguous or confusing.

Questions that ask for specific information; elicit a short, one- or two- word answer, a yes or no or a forced choice.

Response in which the examiner gives honest feedback about what he or she has seen or felt after observing a certain patient action, feeling, or statement.

The use of impersonal speech to put space between the self and a threat.

Infantilizing and demeaning language used by a health professional when speaking to an older adult.

Direct compute entry of the patient health record while in the patien't presence.

Viewing the world from the other person's inner frame of reference while remaining yourself; recognizing and accepting the other person's feelings without criticism.

The tendency to view your own way of life as the most desirable, acceptable or best and to act in a superior manner to another culture's lifestyle.

Examiner's statements that inform the patient; examiner shares factual and objective information.

Examiner's response that encourages the patient to say more, to continue with the story.

Private room or space with only examiner and patient present.

Examiners statement that is not based on direct observation, but is based on examiner's inference or conclusion; it links events, makes associations, or implies cause.

Meeting between examiner and patient with the goal of gathering complete history.

Using medical vocabulary with patient in an exclusionary and paternalistic way.

A question that implies that one answer would be better than another.

Message conveyed through body language-posture, gestures, facial expression, eye contact, touch, and even where one places the chairs.

Asks for longer narrative information; unbiased;leaves the person free to answer in any way.

Examiner response that echoes the patient's words; repeats part of what the patient had just said.

Final review of what examiner understands patient has said; condenses facts and presents a survey of how the examiner perceives the health problem or need.

Speech used by age 3 or 4 in which three or four word sentences contain only the essential words.

Messages sent through spoken words, vocalizations, tone of voice.