Patient Education

Which of the following is not a barrier to effective learning?

• Anxiety

• Pain

• Language Barrier

• Family presence

The five steps to patient teaching are in this order:

• planning, documentation, implementation, assessment

• assessment, implementation, evaluation, documentation

• assessment,planning, implementation, evaluation, documentation

• documentation, assessment, implementation, evaluation

Shorter hospital stays in our current health care climate require more patient teaching

• true

• false

The process of gathering information about the patient and the presenting illness is:

• assessment

• evaluation

• documentation

• educating

Information gathered during the assessment phase helps to determine the approach to the patient's learning needs.

• true

• false

Learning goals are more meaningful if the patient doesn't have input

• true

• false

The process of initiating and carrying out an action such as a teaching plan or patient teaching is:

• assessment

• planning

• communication

• implementation

The process of indicating how well the patient is progressing toward a particular goal is:

• triage

• evaluation

• assessment

• noncompliance

The process of recording patient information is:

• documentation

• physiologic

• Assessment

• implementation

When teaching a skill, the environment should be:

• in the waiting room

• In a darkened room

• anywhere is fine

• quiet, well lit, comfortable