Deck 13: Health Education and Group Process

Question 1

Working to effectively educate groups is an important community nursing skill. The components of the learning situation that need to be evaluated before designing a teaching program include:

A) Evaluation of teacher's behaviors
B) Instructional objectives
C) The interest of the instructor
D) The principles of teaching

Answer 1

Instructional objectives

Question 2

Evaluation of individual and group progress toward health goals is important. Which of the following should be included in the evaluative process?

A) Type of teaching strategy used
B) Recognition of accomplishments in the group
C) Conflict that occurred in the group
D) The type of leadership in the group

Answer 2

Recognition of accomplishments in the group

Question 3

Role structure within group structure describes the expected behaviors of members in relation to each other as the group interacts. Which of the following describes the role of "gatekeeper"?

A) Seeks and accepts the authority or direction of others
B) Guides and directs group activity
C) Controls outsiders' access to the group
D) Focuses or directs movement toward the main work of the group

Answer 3

Controls outsiders' access to the group

Question 4

Leadership consists of behaviors that guide or direct members and determine and influence group action. An example of leadership behavior is reflecting. What does this imply?

A) Giving feedback on how behavior appears to others
B) Introducing topics, beginning work, or changing the focus of the group
C) Checking out meanings of interactions and communication through questions and restatement
D) Restating discussion or group action in a brief form, highlighting important points

Question 5

Three conditions must be met before psychomotor learning occurs. Learners:

A) Must be able to memorize a simple set of data and use their hands effectively
B) Must master the skill at the time is it taught, repeat it back to the teacher, and teach another person
C) Must be able to speak the language of the teacher, have access to practice labs, and master the skill in a short time
D) Must have the necessary ability, a sensory image of how to carry out the skill, and an opportunity to practice the skill

Question 6

Norms are standards that guide, control, and regulate individuals and communities. Group norms set the standards for group behavior, attitudes, and perception. Group norms serve which of the following functions?

A) They do not require leadership and supporter skills.
B) They influence members' perception of community.
C) They are best achieved by including diverse groups of people.
D) They maintain the group through various supports to members.

Question 7

During a class on newborn care given at a local health department, a nursing student asks the participants to practice with baby dolls. Which of the nine steps of instruction is the student using?

A) Eliciting performance
B) Assessing performance
C) Enhancing retention and transfer of knowledge
D) Gaining attention

Question 8

Nurses should work with established groups to work toward community goals. This requires interventions. Which of the following is an intervention that can be used for groups focused on community health?

A) Making decisions for the group to move the process along
B) Including the homeless in the group process
C) Maintaining members through recognition and encouragement
D) Teaching topics that are of national importance

Question 9

A nurse prepares for a presentation to a group of adults using strategies appropriate for adult learning. This concept is called:

A) Authoritarianism
B) Learning style
C) Pedagogy
D) Andragogy

Question 10

There are often barriers that educators must overcome. Which of the following is an example of an educator barrier? Educators:

A) Know more about the subject than the learners
B) May not have visual aids to teach the topics
C) Can only work with people of their own culture
D) May fear public speaking

Question 11

There are nine steps in instructing others to promote effective education. A nurse is working with a group of clients with diabetes and is teaching a class on avoiding the long-term effects of diabetes. The nurse begins the class by reviewing the basic physiology of diabetes, which was taught the week before. This nurse is using which of the nine steps?

A) Stimulating recall of prior learning
B) Gaining attention
C) Presenting the material
D) Providing learning guidance

Question 12

Which of the following about education is true?

A) It emphasizes the provider of knowledge and skills.
B) It emphasizes the recipient of knowledge and skills.
C) It is a process of gaining knowledge and expertise.
D) It results in behavioral change.

Question 13

The cognitive domain includes:

A) Changes in attitudes and the development of values
B) The performance of skills
C) Memory, recognition, understanding, reasoning, and problem solving
D) Memorization of one set of skills before moving on to the next

Question 14

Which of the following formats would be most appropriate for teaching a group of nursing students who are learning to give injections?

A) Demonstration
B) Health fair
C) Lecture
D) Non-native language session

Question 15

An established group requests a teaching and learning session on hypertension. What can the nurse count on with this type of group?

A) The group membership will change from week to week.
B) The members all have the same interests.
C) They prefer lectures rather than demonstrations.
D) The group already has operating methods that have been successful.

Question 16

Leaders have the final authority on group direction and movement. They control members through rewards and treats and often keep members in the dark about the goals and rationale behind prescribed actions. What type of leadership does this describe?

A) Democratic
B) Patriarchal
C) Socialist
D) Communication structure

Question 17

Health education is a vital part of community nursing. What is the purpose of education across the three levels of illness prevention? Education:

A) Enables clients to attain optimal health
B) Identifies and treats health problems early to eliminate disability
C) Allows populations to break into individuals
D) Teaches people about Healthy People 2010

Question 18

The Public Health Foundation developed a list of core competencies useful for nurses engaged in group work. Which of the following is a communication skill?

A) Soliciting input from individuals and organizations
B) Using simple language when presenting information
C) Asking the group to develop the program of interest
D) Presenting material to lay audiences only

Question 19

Nurses who use Healthy People 2010 as a guide for education:

A) Are focusing on avoiding cigarette smoking and using alcohol in moderation
B) Are mainly concerned with educating clients through primary and secondary intention
C) Are using Bloom's taxonomy when planning educational objectives
D) Design health fairs aimed at individuals

Question 20

Cohesion is the attraction between individual members and between each member of a group. Which of the following increases group cohesion?

A) Task and maintenance functions
B) Making decisions for the group
C) Attraction to group goals
D) Diverse attitudes and values

Question 21

Which of the following is a basic principle to guide the effective educator?

A) Refer to trustworthy sources.
B) Use an active voice.
C) Create the best learning environment.
D) Accentuate the positive.

Question 22

A nurse is teaching a postpartum mother how to breastfeed her infant. The nurse notes that the mother is alert and agrees that breastfeeding is important to her and beneficial to her baby. The nurse outlines the expectations of breastfeeding for the mother and the baby. Considering the events of instruction, what should the nurse do next?

A) Ask the mother about her previous experience with breastfeeding
B) Demonstrate how to position the baby for breastfeeding
C) Show the mother a video about breast-feeding
D) Have the mother demonstrate breast-feeding

Question 23

Which of the following steps would occur first when starting an educational program?

A) Provide learning guidance
B) Present the stimulus
C) Gain the learner's attention
D) Ask learners to recall prior learning

Question 24

Nurse educators must be effective teachers. Clear educational programs include several guidelines. They include which of the following? Select all that apply.

A) Using a clear, succinct style
B) Use of an active voice
C) Referral to internet sources
D) Use of aids to highlight key points

Question 25

A correctly written objective would be:

A) Each member of the Jones family will give an insulin injection to Billy with accurate dosage 100% of the time for 10 consecutive trials.
B) Ms. Smith will perform a blood sugar test on herself with an accurate blood sugar reading.
C) The community will take their children to receive immunizations within 1 month of the immunization due date.
D) Fifty percent of the eligible women seen in the clinic will return for their scheduled mammogram appointment.

Question 26

Which of the following domains would be used to teach a new diabetic how to give an insulin injection?

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

Question 27

The educational process of selecting appropriate educational methods is similar to which of the following steps of the nursing process?

A) Assessment
B) Evaluation
C) Implementation
D) Planning

Question 28

A health educator trying to change a client's attitudes about smoking would be using which of the following domains?

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

Question 29

Which of the following is an example of a goal?

A) Mr. Williams will look at his stoma without disgust each time his ostomy bag comes off.
B) Mr. Williams will be able to independently take care of his ostomy bag within three months.
C) Mr. Williams will gather all ostomy supplies correctly each time his ostomy bag needs to be changed.
D) Mr. Williams will successfully describe to the nurse how to care for his ostomy when he is asked.

Question 30

Looking at the components of the educational program is:

A) Education evaluation
B) Educational product
C) Process evaluation
D) Ongoing evaluation