You Are Charged with Developing a New Nursing Curriculum and Are

question 16

Multiple Choice

You are charged with developing a new nursing curriculum and are committed to developing a curriculum that reflects the needs of the profession and of the workplace.To address deficits that may already be present in nursing curricula related to the workplace,you include more content and skills development related to:

• A) therapeutic communication with patients.
• B) effective communication in the workplace.
• C) increased emphasis on sender-receiver dyads.
• D) generational differences in communication.

Apply knowledge of pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management strategies to patient care.

Understand the psychosocial and personal factors that influence pain perception and management.

Understand the definition and application of specific massage techniques on muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

Distinguish between different types of pain, including their causes, characteristics, and durations.

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Definitions:

Cognitive-behavioral Therapy

A psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure.

Prefrontal Lobotomy

A surgical procedure once used to treat mental disorders, involving the severing of connections in the brain's prefrontal lobe.

Psychosurgery

A medical intervention that involves the destruction of specific regions of the brain to treat psychological disorders.

Psychotherapy

A therapeutic treatment involving psychological methods, principally when based on regular personal interaction with adults, to help a person change behavior and overcome problems in desired ways.