When Using Direct Patient Statements, You Should

question 23

Multiple Choice

When using direct patient statements, you should:

• A) identify the quote with quotation marks.
• B) have your partner or another witness initial the statement.
• C) use the SOAP format.
• D) have the patient initial his agreement with them, if his condition permits.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance

Situation in which the pieces of knowledge, information, attitudes, or beliefs held by an individual are contradictory.

Contradictory

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Emotional Contagion

The automatic and unconscious transfer of emotions between individuals based on cues that one person observes in another.

Good Mood

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