Deck 12: Design and Implementation of Patient Education

Question 1

A primary care NP is developing a handout to give to patients who will begin self-administering insulin.When developing this handout,the NP should:

A) provide detailed descriptions of each step in the process of injecting insulin.
B) use correct medical terminology when describing insulin self-administration.
C) provide as much factual information as possible about insulin administration.
D) address one or two educational objectives that describe what the patient will learn.

Answer 1

address one or two educational objectives that describe what the patient will learn.

Question 2

A primary care NP is reviewing written information about a newly prescribed medication with a patient.To evaluate this patient's understanding of the information,the NP should ask the patient to:

A) read the information aloud.
B) describe how the medication will be taken.
C) write down questions about the medication.
D) tell the NP if the information is unclear.

Answer 2

describe how the medication will be taken.

Question 3

A patient who has recently developed prediabetic symptoms is overweight and has a sedentary lifestyle.The primary care NP has prescribed an oral antidiabetic agent.The patient says,"I suppose I'll need insulin like my mother and grandfather did." To educate this patient about managing this disease,the NP should initially:

A) determine how the patient feels about using insulin.
B) provide written educational materials about diet and exercise.
C) compare the actions of oral antidiabetic agents with insulin injections.
D) tell the patient that the medication plus exercise may prevent the need for insulin.

Answer 3

determine how the patient feels about using insulin.

Question 4

A patient who is newly diagnosed with hypertension is to begin taking two antihypertensive medications.The primary care NP gives the patient written drug information and starts to discuss medication side effects.The patient interrupts and says,"I don't want to know all that.Just tell me what to take and when." The NP should:

A) explain that medication side effects can have serious consequences.
B) ask the patient about previous experiences with medication side effects.
C) give the patient a copy of the medication package insert to read at home.
D) refer the patient to a website with information about hypertension drug therapy.

Question 5

A patient brings written information about a medication to a primary care NP about a new drug called Prism and wants to know if the NP will prescribe it.The NP notes that the information is from an internet site called "Prism.com." The NP should tell this patient that:

A) this information is probably from a drug advertisement website.
B) this is factual, evidence-based material with accurate information.
C) the information is from a nonprofit group that will not profit from drug sales.
D) internet information is unreliable because anyone can post information there.

Question 6

A patient is diagnosed with asthma.The primary care nurse practitioner (NP)prescribes an inhaled corticosteroid and an inhaled bronchodilator medication and provides education about how to use inhalers.At a follow-up visit 2 weeks later,the patient's pulmonary function tests are worse.The NP should:

A) provide a detailed written asthma action plan for the patient.
B) ask the patient to describe how the medications have been used.
C) review the symptoms of an acute asthma exacerbation with the patient.
D) teach the patient to use the albuterol more often and order an oral steroid.

Question 7

The primary care NP is seeing a patient for a hospital follow-up after the patient has had a first myocardial infarction.The patient has a list of the prescribed medications and tells the NP that "no one explained anything about them." The NP's initial response should be to:

A) ask the patient to describe the medication regimen.
B) ask the patient to make a list of questions about the medications.
C) determine what the patient understands about coronary artery disease.
D) give the patient information about drug effects and any adverse reactions.