Exam 25: Patient Education

A nurse wants the patient to begin to accept the chronic nature of diabetes.Which teaching technique should the nurse use to enhance learning?

A nurse is teaching an older adult patient about strokes.Which teaching technique is most appropriate for the nurse to use?

A patient with heart failure is learning to reduce salt in the diet.When would be the best time for the nurse to address this topic?

A nurse is teaching a patient who has low health literacy about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)while giving COPD medications.Which technique is most appropriate for the nurse to use?

Which nursing action is most appropriate for assessing a patient's learning needs?

While preparing a teaching plan,the nurse described what the learner will be able to accomplish after the teaching session.Which action did the nurse complete?

A nurse is teaching a patient about the Speak Up Initiatives.Which information should the nurse include?

A toddler is going to have surgery on the right ear.Which teaching method is most appropriate for this developmental stage?

A nurse is preparing to teach a kinesthetic learner about exercise.Which technique should the nurse use?

A nurse is preparing to teach a patient about heart failure.Which environment is best for patient learning?

A patient has been taught how to change a colostomy bag but is having trouble measuring and manipulating the equipment and has many questions.What is the nurse's next action?

When the nurse describes a patient's perceived ability to successfully complete a task,which term should the nurse use?

A student nurse learns that a normal adult heartbeat is 60 to 100 beats/minute.In which domain did learning take place?

A nurse has taught a patient about healthy eating habits.Which learning objective/outcome is most appropriate for the affective domain?

A nurse is teaching the staff about nursing and teaching processes.Which information should the nurse include regarding the teaching process? During the teaching process,what should the nurse do?

Which learning objective/outcome has the highest priority for a patient with life-threatening,severe food allergies that require an EpiPen (epinephrine)?

A nurse provides teaching about coping with long-term impaired functions.Which situation serves as the best example?

Which action best indicates that learning has occurred?

A nurse teaches a patient with heart failure healthy food choices.The patient states that eating yogurt is better than eating cake.In this situation,which element represents feedback?

Which situation will cause the nurse to postpone a teaching session?