When Communicating with a Patient Who Is Accompanied by a Caregiver,the

question 13

Multiple Choice

When communicating with a patient who is accompanied by a caregiver,the dental hygienist should talk directly to the

• A) Caregiver and ignore the patient
• B) Caregiver and include the patient
• C) Patient and ignore the caregiver
• D) Patient and include the caregiver

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Definitions:

Passive Sentences

Sentences in which the subject is the recipient of the action, rather than the doer, often shifting focus from the actor to the action or object.

Preschoolers

Children in the age group typically between three to five years old, prior to the commencement of formal education in elementary school.

Vocabulary Development

The process of acquiring and expanding the set of words known by a person, critical for communication and knowledge acquisition.

Indirect Object-Direct Object Constructions

Grammatical structures in which a verb is followed by two objects, the first (indirect object) denotes to whom or for whom the action is performed, and the second (direct object) denotes the thing acted upon.