Exam 14: Health Literacy and Patient Education

The nurse is preparing to teach a 5-year-old child postoperative care that will be anticipated after a tonsillectomy. The nurse should:

The nurse is preparing to discharge a patient home. In providing instruction about the patients medications, the nurse should state:

During patient teaching led by the nurse with goals established through cooperation of the nurse and patient, the patient asks questions as needed and the nurse answers. This is known as:

The unique ability of the patient to understand and integrate health-related knowledge is known as:

Ongoing evaluation of patient education occurs by:

The nurse is implementing a patient teaching plan regarding diabetes mellitus. One of the short-term goals of the plan is that the patient will be able to verbalize three symptoms of hypoglycemia. This is an example of:

The patient is reportedly well educated and employed as an engineer, but is struggling to comprehend terms found in health-related literature given to explain his disease process. This is evidence of:

To teach effectively, nurses must recognize that:

When teaching children, the nurse should: (Select all that apply.)

According to the Healthy People 2020 initiative, health information and the associated access issues have become more complicated. There are many considerations when determining whether an individual has proficient health literacy. The patient should be able to: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is to teach an 84-year-old Spanish-speaking patient newly diagnosed with diabetes how to self-administer insulin. The patient has hearing and visual impairments. In order to be effective as a teacher, the nurse should: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is preparing to teach a patient for the first time and needs to evaluate the health literacy of the patient. She uses the VARK assessment to:

The nurse is preparing to provide preoperative teaching to a patient who is deaf. To ensure proper learning, the nurse may:

The nurse is preparing to teach a 90-year-old patient. In teaching an elderly patient, the nurse realizes that:

In preparing to teach the patient, the nurse must consider: (Select all that apply.)

In determining patient goals, the nurse should:

The nurse has established a teaching plan including goals. This type of education is termed:

The nurse is working with a diabetic patient, and is attempting to teach psychomotor skills. This is occurring when the nurse has the patient:

As the health care community explores the concept of health literacy, many organizations recognize that:

The nurse is admitting a patient who has cystic fibrosis. During the admission interview, it is apparent that the patient is well versed in most aspects of his illness. When asked about where he learned so much, the patient responds, "I learned most of it myself. I looked things up on the Internet and read books. You have to know what's wrong with you to be sure that you're being treated right." This is an example of: