Exam 20: Patient Education

The nurse has important information to share with a parent who has brought his child to the emergency department.The nurse discovers that the parent,who appears very anxious,has just learned that his son will require surgery.What is the most effective teaching approach in this situation?

The nurse is evaluating the responses of patients to teaching sessions.Which one of the following is an example of an evaluation of a psychomotor skill?

The nurse is evaluating the responses of patients to teaching sessions.Which of the following is an example of an evaluation of a patient's attainment of a cognitive skill?

Which of the following reflects an appropriate teaching method for the affective domain of learning?

An industrial nurse is planning to give an informative talk on hypertension to employees in honour of Heart Month.He plans to teach individuals how to take their own blood pressure.What information is important for the nurse to obtain from the planning committee before this presentation?

In planning to teach an older adult patient,the nurse should incorporate which of the following teaching methods or principles into the plan?

A patient is taught the clinical manifestations of inflammation to allow early detection of a complication of a surgical wound.The patient states,"I will look at the wound four times a day and tell my surgeon if it looks red or swollen." Her statement is an example of what?

Which of the following is an example of affective learning?

The nurse is teaching a group of patients who have recently been diagnosed with heart disease.The nurse arranges the patients in pairs and asks them to plan a low-fat meal.This is an example of which of the following teaching strategies?

The nurse assesses the patient's readiness to learn insulin injection sites.Many factors are assessed before teaching.Which of the following factors should the nurse assess first?

The patient continues to ask questions about a surgical wound and states,"I think I would like help the first time I look at my wound." This is an example of which of the following?

Which of the following statements from a patient does the nurse evaluate as an indication that the patient is not ready to learn at this time?

The nurse has completed an assessment of the patient and identified the following nursing diagnoses.Which one indicates a need to postpone teaching that was planned?

The nurse selects a variety of teaching methods to use with patients.Which one of the following methods should the nurse use with a toddler?

The patient has been informed that he can be discharged once he can irrigate his colostomy independently.The patient asks the nurse to observe his irrigation technique.Which of the following learning motives is the patient displaying?

The nurse has established an objective for a patient who has been unable to void.The patient's intake will be at least 1000 mL between 0700 hours and 1530 hours.Which one of the following indicates successful feedback from the patient?

When teaching a patient with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),the nurse must be aware of what?

The nurse is demonstrating to the patient how to put on antiembolism stockings.In the middle of the lesson,the patient asks,"Why have my feet been swelling?" The nurse stops and responds to the patient,adhering to which of the following teaching principles?

Which of the following is an example of a teaching topic of restoration of health?

Different topics are presented in the information sessions that are held in the outpatient clinic.In planning for a session on health maintenance and promotion-illness prevention,which of the following topics should the nurse select?