A Nurse Is Admitting a Patient to a Hospital Unit

question 26

Multiple Choice

A nurse is admitting a patient to a hospital unit. When admitting the patient, the nurse should

• A) Maintain prolonged eye contact.
• B) Address the patient by his or her last name.
• C) Speak rapidly when interacting with the patient.
• D) Use terms of endearment when conversing with the patient.

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Definitions:

Social Loafing

The tendency to put forth less effort when working with others on a common task than when working alone.

Compliance

The act of conforming to a request or demand, often studied in social psychology.

Groupthink

A phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, in which the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Social Loafing

The phenomenon where individuals exert less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone.