The nurse and the patient are conversing face to face. What communication technique is being demonstrated?
A) Linguistic
B) Paralinguistic
C) Explicit
D) Metacommunication

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Conversing face to face, reading newspapers and books, and even texting are all common forms of linguistic communication. Paralinguistics include less recognizable but important means of transmitting messages such as the use of gestures, eye contact, and facial expressions. Explicit communication is not a therapeutic communication technique. Metacommunication factors that affect how messages are received and interpreted would include internal personal states (such as disturbances in mood), environmental stimuli related to the setting of the communication, and contextual variables (such as the relationship between the people in the communication episode).

The Nurse and the Patient Are Conversing Face to Face