Exam 5: Patient and Family Teaching

After the nurse implements diet instruction with a patient with heart disease, the patient can explain the information but fails to make the recommended dietary changes. The nurse's evaluation is that

The nurse in the hospital has implemented a teaching plan to assist a patient with rheumatoid arthritis in accomplishing daily activities independently. To evaluate the patient's long-term response to the teaching, the best action by the nurse will be to

When the nurse is planning teaching for a patient who needs to improve skills in being more assertive, the most effective teaching strategy will be

A newly diagnosed diabetic patient who will need instruction about diet, exercise, and insulin use tells the nurse, "I think that the most important thing I need to control my blood sugar is how to give my own insulin." During implementation of the teaching plan, the nurse will initially focus on

A 73-year-old Latino patient is seen at the health clinic and diagnosed with protein malnutrition. When developing a plan to teach the patient about meeting dietary needs, the first action by the nurse should be to

The nurse is teaching a patient with peripheral vascular disease about foot care. A correctly written learning objective is,

A postoperative patient says it hurts too much to deep breathe and cough every 2 hours and refuses to carry out the activity. The best initial action by the nurse is to

The nurse applies principles of adult education when teaching a new diabetic about the disease by

When assessing the learning needs for a patient who has coronary heart disease, the nurse finds that the patient has recently made dietary changes to decrease fat intake and has stopped smoking. The best initial response by the nurse at this time is,

A patient has just been diagnosed with breast cancer following a needle biopsy of a breast lump. The nurse plans teaching for the patient to meet the goal of

The nurse identifies a nursing diagnosis of ineffective health maintenance related to low motivation based on the finding that the diabetic patient

When using the Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change during patient teaching, the nurse identifies that the patient who states, "I told my wife that I was going to start exercising, and I think I will join a fitness club," is in the stage of

The nurse is preparing written handouts to be used as part of the standardized teaching plan for patients who have been recently diagnosed with diabetes. Which statement best reflects the appropriate reading level?

To assess a patient's readiness to learn before planning teaching activities, the most appropriate question for the nurse to ask is,

To evaluate how effective teaching has been for the following teaching objective, "The patient will select a 2000-mg sodium diet from the hospital menu daily for 3 days with 90% accuracy," the nurse will

While admitting a patient to the medical unit, the nurse learns that the patient does not read well. This information will guide the nurse in determining

A patient admitted to the hospital with hyperglycemia and diagnosed with diabetes mellitus is scheduled for discharge the second day after admission. In view of the patient's limited hospitalization, the nurse should plan to