When Communicating About a Patient with a Health Care Provider

question 5

Multiple Choice

When communicating about a patient with a health care provider from another culture, the nurse states, "The patient stopped taking his medications last week when he fell off the wagon." The health care provider looks at the nurse blankly. This is an example of

• A) connotation.
• B) information processing.
• C) time span between messages.
• D) nonverbal cultural variations.

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Definitions:

Chemical Receptors

Proteins in cells that bind to specific chemicals, allowing the cell to respond to various signals and changes in its environment.

Arterial Oxygen Saturation

A measure of the amount of oxygen bound to hemoglobin in the blood, indicating how well oxygen is being transported to body tissues.

Right Atrium

The right upper chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body and pumps it to the right ventricle.

Left Ventricle

The chamber within the heart that receives oxygen-rich blood from the left atrium and pumps it to the body through the aorta, playing a crucial role in systemic circulation.