When Interacting with an Elderly Patient, the Nurse Would Enhance

question 60

Multiple Choice

When interacting with an elderly patient, the nurse would enhance communication by:

• A) speaking slowly in order to allow the patient to process the message.
• B) addressing him by his first name to encourage a therapeutic relationship.
• C) standing in the doorway rather than entering the room to give the elderly patient more privacy.
• D) speaking in simple sentences, as if to a child.

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