Deck 12: Patient Education

Question 1

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

A) Social
B) Material
C) Activity
D) Negative

Answer 1

Material

Question 2

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?

A) Teach the patient and a responsible family member at the same time.
B) Teach the patient using simple terminology and a louder tone of voice.
C) Teach the patient the most important information first followed by lesser facts.
D) Teach the patient immediately before discharge so the patient will remember it.

Answer 2

Teach the patient and a responsible family member at the same time.

Question 3

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

A) Analogies
B) Detachment
C) Role play
D) Demonstration

Answer 3

Demonstration

Question 4

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?

A) Explain to the patient that all of the information about wound care is in the handout provided.
B) Take the patient to a quiet private treatment room to teach the patient about how to perform wound care.
C) Ask the distraught roommate to please be considerate of the patient while the nurse is teaching about wound care.
D) Arrange for the home-health nurse to provide teaching about wound care after discharge from the hospital.

Question 5

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

A) "I don't want to look at it and I can't imagine caring for it."
B) "The sooner I can take care of it,the sooner I can go home."
C) "I never thought I would have to take care of something like this."
D) "I hope I can still wear a bathing suit with this thing."

Question 6

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?

A) Fifth-grade
B) Seventh-grade
C) Ninth-grade
D) Eleventh-grade

Question 7

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

A) The patient understands how to change the dressing using sterile technique.
B) The patient verbalizes understanding about how to change the sterile dressing.
C) The patient correctly demonstrates the dressing change using sterile technique.
D) The patient acknowledges the principles of sterile technique for dressing changes.

Question 8

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?

A) Cognitive
B) Affective
C) Perceptive
D) Psychomotor

Question 9

Which patient is appropriate for the nursing diagnosis readiness for enhanced knowledge related to the prescribed treatment regimen?

A) The patient who asks the nurse how a pill organizer can help to ensure that all medications are taken on time.
B) The patient who insists that the blood sugar levels will never stabilize no matter how many medications are taken.
C) The patient who believes that influenza was contracted as a result of the flu immunization last year.
D) The patient who was just diagnosed with diabetes and has no idea about how to inject insulin.

Question 10

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

A) Offer opportunities to discuss tube feeding options and answer questions.
B) Hold the child while smiling and speaking softly to convey a sense of trust.
C) Collaborate with the child to develop an individualized tube feeding schedule.
D) Use simple terms and show the child a gastrostomy tube inserted into a teddy bear.

Question 11

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

A) Motivation
B) Health literacy
C) Developmental stage
D) Psychomotor learning

Question 12

Which patient learning goal is measurable?

A) The patient will understand the importance of daily iron supplements.
B) The patient will be able to learn sufficient information to be discharged.
C) The patient will feel comforted by the nurses' presence during anxious periods.
D) The patient will verbalize responsibility for obtaining daily weights each morning.

Question 13

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

A) Telling
B) Entrusting
C) Reinforcing
D) Participating

Question 14

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

A) Deficient knowledge related to diabetic wound management
B) Stress overload related to ongoing emotional abuse and bullying
C) Readiness for enhanced knowledge related to diabetes management
D) Impaired physical mobility related to need to use a cane for ambulation

Question 15

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) Analogy
B) Role play
C) Simulation
D) Enunciation

Question 16

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

A) The parents will demonstrate infant CPR skills.
B) The parents will be able to understand CPR skills.
C) The infant will not require further hospitalization.
D) The parents will call the hospital if the infant stops breathing.

Question 17

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?

A) Noncompliance related to patient's refusal to follow the prescribed treatment regimen
B) Ineffective therapeutic regimen management related to lack of understanding about prescribed medications
C) Ineffective health maintenance related to lack of expressed interest in taking prescribed medications correctly
D) Readiness for enhanced decision making related to desire to choose the course of action that best meets health needs

Question 18

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

A) Do nothing because the more fuss that is made about a procedure,the more anxiety it causes the patient.
B) Explain to the patient that the stethoscope is used to listen to air going in and out of the lungs.
C) Allow the child to listen to sounds with the stethoscope before the nurse uses it for assessment.
D) Ask the child's mother to step outside the room because children frequently do better when alone.

Question 19

Which chart entry documents patient achievement of cognitive learning?

A) The patient verbalized decreased desire to commit self-harm.
B) The patient described three symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis.
C) The patient demonstrated how to perform active range of motion.
D) The patient expressed satisfaction with ability to share feelings with others.

Question 20

Which is the first action of the nurse when teaching the patient how to perform colostomy care?

A) Determine the patient's educational background and learning abilities.
B) Identify a responsible family member to reinforce colostomy care teaching.
C) Have the patient watch a video that demonstrates how to perform colostomy care.
D) Assess the patient's level of comfort with looking at and caring for the colostomy.

Question 21

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) Analogy
B) Discovery
C) Role playing
D) Demonstration

Question 22

Which statements demonstrate that the patient is at the acceptance stage of learning?

A) "I do not have to learn how to do the dressing.My wife will do it for me."
B) "I feel like such a failure for not consulting a podiatrist earlier about my foot."
C) "I'll try to do the exercises you described if you will give me a cookie afterward."
D) "I want to learn how to do this myself so I do not have to go to a rehab center."
E) "I know that I have to give myself the injections because I could get a blood clot."

Question 23

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?

A) Lecture
B) Practice
C) Discussion
D) Role play
E) Return demonstration