Exam 5: Patient Education

The use of appropriate body language during a teaching intervention is especially helpful for a patient with a language barrier.

You are responsible for developing a patient education pamphlet on diabetes mellitus.Which factor is most important to remember?

A helpful tool for testing patient understanding of material is to consistently ask for __________ throughout the intervention.

Based on what you have learned about the health belief model,explain the five factors that can affect a patient's attitude toward disease and give some suggestions on how the medical assistant can therapeutically perform patient education under these circumstances.

All written material should be in a large font or large print for which of the following patients?

Often the key to patient understanding and __________ is involvement of family members.

Dr.Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's model of grief is helpful for families,because everyone experiencing grief goes through the process in the same way.

Which of the following locations is an appropriate place for learning?

The medical assistant should not automatically release healthcare information to the spouse of the patient.

To accept the severity of a disease,the patient first must understand the potential complications of the disorder.

It is important that the medical assistant be aware of the various __________ available in the community for patient education and referral.

If the medical assistant stands in front of the patient or within the person's field of vision before beginning to speak,which of the following patients would benefit most?

What is one of the best ways to manage a large amount of information within a short time?

Which of the following is integral to the informed consent mandate in the Patients' Bill of Rights?

Teaching interventions should be postponed if the patient is extremely anxious or agitated.

Providing adequate,correct,and understandable information to patients is integral to the __________ consent mandate in the Patients' Bill of Rights.

Although Mr.Ignatio refuses to accept the seriousness of his disease,the medical assistant should immediately suggest that he start attending a support group for diabetics at the local hospital.

A useful approach to dealing with a patient's perceived barriers to healthy living may be referral to a community resource for patient support.

If a patient is using bargaining to avoid dealing with the immediate realities of an illness,the medical assistant may tell the patient that diagnostic tests need not be done until the person feels up to it.

Diagram and explain how to develop and implement a patient teaching plan.