Exam 12: Patient Education

Which approach will be most successful for the nurse to teach a preschooler about tube feeding through a gastrostomy tube?

Which nursing diagnosis indicates that the patient will have difficulty learning how to perform sterile dressing changes at home?

Which statement made by the patient indicates readiness for learning about colostomy care?

The nurse is providing discharge instructions to the patient.Which grade level should the instructions be written at as the nurse does not know the patient's educational background?

Which patient learning goal is measurable?

The nurse is caring for a patient who had a stroke because of lack of understanding about how to take the prescribed blood pressure medication.Which is the priority nursing diagnosis for this patient?

The nurse educator uses manikins to teach patients how to correctly perform CPR on a victim of cardiac arrest.Which teaching technique is used by the nurse?

A nurse tells a patient with a recent back injury that damage to the nerves is comparable to a water hose that has been pinched off and that time is needed to allow normal nerve transmission.Which technique did the nurse use?

The nurse attempts to teach the patient about wound care in a loud semiprivate room with many distractions.Which is the appropriate action of the nurse?

Which type of reinforcement is used when the nurse gives a sticker to a pediatric patient every time the incentive spirometer is used?

The nurse includes "The patient will demonstrate correct technique for self-injection of insulin" as a goal in the patient's care plan.Which type of learning is addressed by this goal?

Which action by the nurse will best allay a young child's fear about auscultation of breath sounds?

Which assessment finding best indicates to the nurse that the teaching about a dressing change was successful?

The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a patient with memory loss after a head injury.What is the most appropriate action of the nurse?

Which chart entry documents patient achievement of cognitive learning?

Which is the most appropriate learning goal for new parents who are learning infant CPR?

Which is the highest priority concern for the nurse who is educating the homeless patient about medications,appointments,and therapies for management of diabetes?

Which teaching approach is demonstrated when the nurse provides guidance while the patient performs the sterile dressing change?

A nurse prepares to teach the patient about strategies to minimize feelings of powerlessness.Which techniques will the nurse implement that are the best for this type of learning?

Which is the best method to begin teaching the adult patient how to self-administer tube feeding through a new gastrostomy tube?