Chapter 11: Patient Education

Chapter 11: Patient Education

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. A nursing student has been asked to prepare patient education for Spanish-speaking patients regarding diabetes. This information will be available to patients in the diabetes clinic. The goal of this patient education is to:

A.	assist Spanish-speaking patients to reach optimal health.
B.	teach Spanish-speaking patients some English.
C.	provide information so they can make a decision between oral and injectable medications.
D.	reduce the legal liability of the clinic.

 

 

ANS:   A

The goal of patient education is to assist individuals, families, or communities in achieving optimal levels of health.

 

PTS:    1                      DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    187

OBJ:    Describe ways to adapt teaching for patients with different learning needs

TOP:    Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:   Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

2. A patient with newly diagnosed diabetes is being discharged from the hospital. She will be going to an outpatient diabetic center to learn more about diet, exercise, disease management, and insulin administration. Which of the following statements made by the patient indicates that effective teaching can take place?

A.	“I am thankful that my doctor figured out what was wrong with me because I don’t want to get sick again.”
B.	“I am so happy to be going home so I don’t have to eat hospital food anymore.”
C.	“I will be glad when they find a cure for diabetes.”
D.	“I don’t think I will need to take insulin for very long because I already feel better.”

 

 

ANS:   A

Generally teaching and learning begin when a person identifies a need for knowing or acquiring an ability to do something. Teaching is most effective when it responds to a learner’s immediate needs. The teacher identifies these needs by asking questions and determining the learner’s interests.

 

PTS:    1                      DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analysis                  REF:    191

OBJ:    Differentiate factors that determine readiness to learn from those that determine ability to learn    TOP:            Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:   Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

3. The parents of a 3-month-old infant are preparing to take their child home from the hospital after she was hospitalized after she stopped breathing. Before being discharged, they must be educated on infant CPR. The most appropriate learning objective for this situation is which of the following?

A.	Parents will be able to successfully prevent SIDS.
B.	Parents will demonstrate infant CPR skills.
C.	Baby will not require further hospitalization.
D.	Parents will prevent child from having another near-SIDS event.

 

 

ANS:   B

A learning objective describes what the patient or guardian(s) will be able to do after successful instruction.

 

PTS:    1                      DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analysis                  REF:    204

OBJ:    Identify the methods for evaluating learning

TOP:    Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:   Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

4. A nurse is evaluating if the patient teaching she has completed with a patient was effective. Which of the following would best demonstrate the effectiveness of the teaching?

A.	The patient understands how to change abdominal dressing.
B.	The patient acknowledges understanding of the principles of abdominal dressing change.
C.	The patient correctly demonstrates an abdominal dressing change as taught.
D.	The patient states the steps of the abdominal dressing change as taught.

 

 

ANS:   C

Examples of evaluating the effectiveness of teaching include having patients show how to perform a newly learned skill (e.g., self-catheterization) or asking patients to explain how they will incorporate newly ordered medications into their daily routines.

 

PTS:    1                      DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analysis                  REF:    204

OBJ:    Identify the methods for evaluating learning

TOP:    Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:   Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

5. A patient recently had a stroke and suffered right-sided weakness as a result. He is being discharged from a rehabilitation hospital after learning to use a walker. Which of the following learning domains was primarily used to teach him to be independent with his walker?

A.	Psychomotor
B.	Affective
C.	Cognitive
D.	Motivational

 

 

ANS:   A

Psychomotor learning occurs when patients acquire skills that require the integration of knowledge and physical skills. Examples of psychomotor learning include learning to walk with a walker or giving an insulin injection.

 

PTS:    1                      DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    190

OBJ:    Describe the domains of learning       TOP:    Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:   Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance