This practice test includes fifteen examples of communication as it might occur in a healthcare setting. Choose whether each example is effective or ineffective and read the next slide to see how your answers compare to those of the author.
Directions:
- Click on the first image to enlarge.
- Click on the slide to advance to the next slide. (Click on the next thumbnail at the bottom of the screen if that does not work.)
Readers may also wish to review:
- Free Nursing Practice Test: Verbal or Nonverbal?
- Free Medical Terminology Flash Cards: Prefixes
- Free Medical Terminology Practice Test: Plural Forms
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