NUR 2462C Chapter Notes - Chapter Test 1: Telenursing, Presenting Problem, Nonverbal Communication
8 Feb 2020
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Base interventions on needs identified by the family, not by the professional. View the family as competent or as having the ability to be competent. Provide opportunities for the family to achieve competence: avoiding blocks to communication, communicating with families through an interpreter, communicating with children, communication related to development of thought processes. Use and understand nonverbal communication: early childhood. Egocentric only see things in relation to themselves and their point of view: school-age years. Rely less on what they see and more on what they know when faced with new problems: adolescence, communication techniques, play. History taking: performing a health history, the format used for history taking indirect, nurses asks for information via direct interview with the information; indirect, informant supplies the information by completing some type of questionnaire. Record who the person is; impression of reliability and willingness to communicate; any special circumstances: chief complaint specific reason for the child"s visit to the clinic, office, or hospital.
