NURS290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pupa, Nonverbal Communication, Bibliotherapy
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Nurs 202: therapeutic communication in healthy children (1st clinical on sept 14th, 2017) Older children should be included in interview. Nonverbal components of communication convey most significant messages in children. Understanding characteristics of stages provides nurse with framework for social communication. Unable to use words, use nonverbal communication. Smile when content, cry with distress (cry from unpleasant stimuli, ex. Younger than 5 years of age are egocentric. During assessment, should be able to touch things coming in contact with (ex. Toddlers communicate with hands to transmit ideas (pushing away, pull towards) Everything is direct and concrete, unable to work with abstractions and interpret words literally. Young children assign human attributes to inanimate objects. Younger school age children rely on what they know, not what they see. Want to know why object exists, how its used, how it works. Need to know whats going to take place and why its being done to them specifically.