Exam 5 Flashcards
In the current health care system, client teaching is not only an ___ but an ____ and legal requirement
expectation
ethical
____ help track when the teaching standards recommended by ____ and ___ are met
Electronic health records (EHRs)
TJC and IOM
The IOM suggests that education should be ___ and ___ to each client and should keep the client in control with freely shared info
Continuous
Customized
The ___ better enables clients to increase their own level of ___ for their health care and gives them a higher level of info about their illnesses and possible treatments
internet
responsibility
The internet can also lead clients to ___ themselves online and come in requesting expensive tests or inappropriate medications for themselves or their family members
diagnose
Using ___ in teaching, it may be acceptable to look info up on the internet to better teach your patients about meds, treatments, or disease processes. The main concern is ensuring that the information you are finding is from a ___ source
technology
reliable
TJCs website, www.jointcommision.org has a ___ that can help find reliable ____ from the internet
tool
sources
Good ____ skills and the ability to establish a caring relationship are essential to an effective ___
communication
educator
After surviving a serious illness, surgery, or injury, clients must work their way through the stages of ___ and may even display a type of PTSD response. Unless the nurse is able to understand what grief stage clients are in and to empathize with them, teaching will only fall on deaf ear
grief
With the trend to very short hospital stays and one-day procedures, time for client education has become extremely short. ____ what is most important for clients to know when they get home and giving hem that info in a succinct and memorable way is key to education success
Assessing
Keep in mind that the vast majority of clients whom nurses teach are ___ learners. They bring with them a lifetime of knowledge and info, and sometimes misinformation.
adult
True or false: adult learners CANNOT be taught in the same way a child is taught
True
___ ____: if the nurse is unable to communicate ___ in the client’s language, then attempting to teach them will be fruitless
Language assessment
fluently
In conducting a language assessment, the nurse must determine the client’s ____ in the primary as well as the secondary language
fluency
____ in the client’s language may be a teaching option but all not clients are able to ___
Brochures
read
Brochures that have been translated from English into another language may not covey message or words may not be familiar to patient. In that case, a medical ___ who speaks the client’s particular dialect is needed
interpreter
___ clients may have hearing or vision deficits that can interfere with their ability to take in information
Elderly
The higher a person’s ___ level the more likely that person is to have received some formal health education and typically the higher that person’s motivation to learn
emotional
Before attempting to teach a client the nurse should determine the following info
- what is the client’s level of ___ to learn
- what factors will ___ the client to learn healthy behaviors
motivation
motivate
in assessing learner characteristics and learning readiness, nurses should pay attention to the client’s ___ background, health ___, ___ level, age, and ___
Cultural
Literacy
Education
Gender
On the other hand, don’t presume that a highly educated client understands ___ concepts because they might think they know but they might misinterpret the nurses teaching session
medical
A thorough assessment of a client’s learning needs focuses on finding out four basic ___
- what the does the pt. already know
- what does the pt. want/need to learn
- what is the pt. able to learn
- preferred learning style and the best teaching methods for that style
needs
Finding out what the client ___ knows is important because it can help in planning what needs to be taught so that unneeded basic info is not repeated
already
Second, the nurses needs to find out what the client ___ and ___ to learn to help them in dealing with their illness or injury
wants
needs