WorksheetsCHAPTER 25 PATIENT EDUCATION TEST BANKS
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 25mins
A nurse is teaching a patient’s family member about permanent tube feedings at home. Which purpose of patient education is the nurse meeting ?
Coping with impaired functions
Coping with impaired functions
A nurse is teaching a group of healthy adults about the benefits of immunizations. Which type of patient education is the nurse providing ?
Promotion of health and illness prevention
Promotion of health and illness prevention
A nurse’s goal is to provide teaching for restoration of health. Which situation indicates the nurse is meeting this goal ?
Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches
Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches
A nurse attends a seminar on teaching/learning. Which statement indicates the nurse has a good understanding of teaching/learning ?
“Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner’s needs.”
“Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner’s needs.”
A nurse is determining if teaching is effective. Which finding best indicates learning has occurred ?
A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin.
A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin.
A nurse is teaching a patient about the Speak Up Initiatives. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching session ?
If you still do not understand, ask again.
If you still do not understand, ask again.
A nurse teaches a patient with heart failure healthy food choices. The patient states that eating yogurt is better than eating cake. Which element represents feedback?
The patient stating that eating yogurt is better than eating cake.
The patient stating that eating yogurt is better than eating cake.
While preparing a teaching plan, the nurse describes what the learner will be able to accomplish after the teaching session about healthy eating. Which action is the nurse completing ?
Developing learning objectives
Developing learning objectives
A patient learns that a normal adult heartbeat is 60 to 100 beats/min after a teaching session with a nurse. In which domain did learning take place ?
Cognitive
Cognitive
A nurse is trying to help a patient begin to accept the chronic nature of diabetes. Which teaching technique should the nurse use to enhance learning?
Role play
Role play
TO KNOW
Affective learning deals with expression of feelings and acceptance of attitudes, beliefs, or values. Roleplay and discussion (one-on-one and group) are effective teaching methods for the affective domain.Lecture and question and answer sessions are effective teaching methods for the cognitive domain.Demonstration is an effective teaching method for the psychomotor domain.
Affective learning deals with expression of feelings and acceptance of attitudes, beliefs, or values. Roleplay and discussion (one-on-one and group) are effective teaching methods for the affective domain.Lecture and question and answer sessions are effective teaching methods for the cognitive domain.Demonstration is an effective teaching method for the psychomotor domain.
A nurse is describing a patient’s perceived ability to successfully complete a task. Which term should the nurse use to describe this attribute ?
Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy
A toddler is going to have surgery on the right ear. Which teaching method is most appropriate for this developmental stage ?
Wrap a bandage around a stuffed animal’s ear.
Wrap a bandage around a stuffed animal’s ear.
A nurse is preparing to teach a patient about smoking cessation. Which factors should the nurse assess to determine a patient’s ability to learn?
Developmental capabilities and physical capabilities
Developmental capabilities and physical capabilities
A nurse is teaching a patient about heart failure. Which environment will the nurse use?
A well-lit, ventilated room
A well-lit, ventilated room
Which assessment finding will cause the nurse to begin teaching a patient because the patient is ready to learn?
A patient with a below-the-knee amputation is motivated about how to walk with assistive devices.
A patient with a below-the-knee amputation is motivated about how to walk with assistive devices.
A nurse is teaching a patient with a risk for hypertension how to take a blood pressure test. Which action by the nurse is the priority ?
Focus on a patient’s learning needs and objectives.
Focus on a patient’s learning needs and objectives.
A patient has heart failure and kidney failure. The patient needs teaching about dialysis. Whichnursing action is most appropriate for assessing this patient’s learning needs?
Assess the patient’s health literacy.
Assess the patient’s health literacy.
A nurse is teaching a patient about hypertension. In which order from rst to last will the nurse implement the steps of the teaching process?
1. Assess what the patient already knows about hypertension.
2. Set mutual goals for knowledge of hypertension.
3. Teach what the patient wants to know about hypertension.
4. Evaluate the outcomes of patient education for hypertension.
1. Assess what the patient already knows about hypertension.
2. Set mutual goals for knowledge of hypertension.
3. Teach what the patient wants to know about hypertension.
4. Evaluate the outcomes of patient education for hypertension.
A patient had a stroke and must use a cane for support. A nurse is preparing to teach the patient about the cane.Which learning objective/outcome is most appropriate for the nurse to include in the teaching plan ?
The patient will walk to the bathroom and back to bed using a cane.
The patient will walk to the bathroom and back to bed using a cane.
Which learning objective/outcome has the highest priority for a patient with life-threatening, severe food allergies that require an EpiPen (epinephrine)?
The patient will administer epinephrine.
The patient will administer epinephrine.
After a teaching session on taking blood pressures, the nurse tells the patient, “You took that blood pressure like an experienced nurse.” Which type of reinforcement did the nurse use?
Social acknowledgment
Social acknowledgment
A patient with heart failure is learning to reduce salt in the diet. When will be the best time for the nurse to address this topic ?
At lunchtime, while the nurse is preparing the food tray
At lunchtime, while the nurse is preparing the food tray
A nurse is teaching a patient who has low health literacy about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) while giving COPD medications. Which technique is most appropriate for the nurse to use?
Include the most important information on COPD at the beginning of the session.
Include the most important information on COPD at the beginning of the session.
A nurse is teaching a culturally diverse patient with a learning disability about nutritional needs. What must the nurse do first before starting the teaching session ?
Establish a rapport.
Establish a rapport.
A nurse is teaching an older-adult patient about strokes. Which teaching technique is most appropriate for the nurse to use?
Provide specific information about strokes in short, small amounts.
Provide specific information about strokes in short, small amounts.
A patient who is going to surgery has been taught how to cough and deep breathe. Which evaluation method will the nurse use?
Return demonstration
Return demonstration
A patient has been taught how to change a colostomy bag but is having trouble measuring and manipulating the equipment and has many questions. What is the nurse’s next action?
Refer to an ostomy specialist.
Refer to an ostomy specialist.
A nurse is teaching a patient about healthy eating habits. Which learning objective/outcome for the affective domain will the nurse add to the teaching plan?
The patient will verbalize the value of eating healthy.
The patient will verbalize the value of eating healthy.
A nurse is assessing the ability to learn of a patient who has recently experienced a stroke. Which question/statement will best assess the patient’s ability to learn ?
“Please read this handout and tell me what it means.”
“Please read this handout and tell me what it means.”
A nurse is preparing to teach a kinesthetic learner about exercise. Which technique will the nurse use ?
Let the patient touch and use the exercise equipment.
Let the patient touch and use the exercise equipment.
A nurse is asked by a co-worker why patient education/teaching is important. Which statements will the nurse share with the co-worker? (Select all that apply.)
1. “Patient education is an essential component of safe, patient-centered care.”
2. “Patient education is a standard for professional nursing practice.”
3. “Patient teaching falls within the scope of nursing practice.”
4. “Patient teaching is documented and part of the chart.”
1. “Patient education is an essential component of safe, patient-centered care.”
2. “Patient education is a standard for professional nursing practice.”
3. “Patient teaching falls within the scope of nursing practice.”
4. “Patient teaching is documented and part of the chart.”
A nurse is preparing to teach patients. Which patient finding will cause the nurse to postpone a teaching session? (Select all that apply.)
The patient is hurting.
The patient is fatigued.
The patient is febrile (high fever).
The patient is hurting.
The patient is fatigued.
The patient is febrile (high fever).
