The Nurse Is Teaching a Patient Who Is Alert and Oriented

question 14

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching a patient who is alert and oriented about the medication, warfarin. When teaching the patient about this drug, the nurse emphasizes the need to be consistent with Vitamin K intake, which is found primarily in green leafy vegetables. When the patient's spouse comes to visit, the patient states, "I can no longer consume green leafy vegetables." This is an example of what type of failure caused by a communication problem?

• A) System failure
• B) Reception failure
• C) Transmission failure
• D) Global aphasia

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Definitions:

Task Environment

The part of the environment that is directly relevant to the organization.

External

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Organizational Systems

The structured arrangement of parts, people, and processes within an organization that work together to achieve its goals.

Inputs

Resources, information, or effort that is put into a system or process to achieve an output or a result.