Exam 12: Patient Education

A pediatric nurse who works evenings on a surgical floor in a children's hospital has been working with a 5-year-old patient who has undergone abdominal surgery.The nurse gives the patient a sticker each time the incentive spirometer is used.What type of reinforcement did the nurse use?

A nurse wants learning to take place in the affective domain of learning.Which techniques should the nurse implement that are the best for this type of learning? (Select all that apply.)

The parents of a 3-month-old infant are preparing to take their child home from the hospital.Before being discharged,the parents must be educated on infant CPR.What is the most appropriate learning objective for this situation?

A nurse will be teaching a prepared childbirth class for the first time at a neighborhood church.The nurse has gone to the church to determine which room would be best suited to teach a group of six couples.Which room configurations would be most appropriate for teaching this group?

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?

A nurse needs to begin teaching about crutch walking with a 14-year-old patient.Which action should the nurse take first?

Which patient is the most likely to be motivated to learn?

A patient must learn to apply a lower leg orthotic device but has a minor paralysis of the right upper extremity.Before teaching this skill,the nurse must assess the patient's physical capabilities.Which areas will the nurse assess? (Select all that apply.)

A postsurgical patient is being taught about wound care before being discharged from the hospital and is in a semiprivate room with another patient.The other patient is upset with a family member and is crying.The television is on to try to provide some distraction from the roommate.Which action should the nurse take to best facilitate patient education for wound care?

A patient was recently diagnosed with heart failure.The health care provider has ordered a low-sodium diet.A nurse is planning patient education for diet instruction.Which information should the nurse present first?

A 75-year-old patient who is being discharged home after a stroke has no use of the right hand.Which teaching strategy is best for the nurse to use for this patient?

A patient who is a migrant farm worker did not graduate from high school and speaks English as a second language.The nurse will be providing discharge teaching after a hysterectomy.The nurse is concerned about the patient's ability to understand the discharge instructions.Which of the following should be of most concern in this situation?

A nurse who works in a diabetes clinic has been asked to help a 12-year-old male patient learn to give his own insulin injections.The nurse demonstrates the technique on a teaching manikin and then asks the patient to demonstrate the task on the manikin while providing assistance.Which teaching approach did the nurse use?

A patient needs to take daily injections of a blood thinner for 7 days after hospital discharge.The nurse observes the patient's self-administration technique.What type of learning occurred?

An 8-year-old boy has been diagnosed with diabetes.A nurse is teaching his mother how to plan meals that are appropriate for him.The nurse asks the mother to put together a 24-hour meal plan for her son and then reviews the plan with her.What type of teaching method did the nurse use?

A nurse has been asked to prepare patient education for Spanish-speaking patients regarding diabetes.This information will be available to patients in the diabetes clinic.What is the primary goal for this patient education?

Which finding will best indicate to the nurse that the teaching about a dressing change was successful?

A nurse is preparing to teach a patient about ostomy care.The patient appears anxious and is crying.What should the nurse do?

A patient recently had a stroke and suffered right-sided weakness.The patient is being discharged from a rehabilitation hospital after learning to use a walker.Which learning domain was primarily used to teach the patient to be independent with the walker?

A nurse is preparing to take a 5-year-old child's blood pressure.What is the best way for the nurse to reduce the child's anxiety about this procedure?