Chapter 6: Patient Education and Drug Therapy Flashcards
Which are appropriate considerations when the nurse is assessing the learning needs of a patient?
Cultural background
Level of education
Readiness to learn
Health beliefs
A 60-year-old patient is on several new medications and expresses worry that she will forget to take her pills. Which action by the nurse would be most helpful in this situation?
Assisting the patient with obtaining and learning to use a calendar or pill container
Calendars, pill containers, or diaries may be helpful to patients who may forget to take prescribed drugs as scheduled. The nurse must ensure that the patient knows how to use these reminder tools.
A patient with a new prescription for a diuretic has just reviewed with the nurse how to include more potassium in her diet. This reflects learning in which domain?
Cognitive
The cognitive domain refers to problem-solving abilities and may involve recall and knowledge of facts.
When the nurse teaches a skill such as self-injection of insulin to the patient, what is the best way to set up the teaching/learning session?
After demonstrating the procedure, allow the patient to do several return demonstrations
Return demonstration allows the nurse to evaluate the patient’s newly learned skills.
The nurse is setting up a teaching session with an 85-year-old patient who will be going home on anticoagulant therapy. Which educational strategy would reflect consideration of the age-related changes that may exist with this patient?
Develop large-print handouts that reflect the verbal information presented.
Developing large-print handouts addresses altered perception in two ways. First, by using visual aids to reinforce verbal instructions, one addresses the possibility of decreased ability to hear high-frequency sounds. By developing the handouts in large print, one addresses the possibility of decreased visual acuity.
