patient education

Question 1

teaching is ___

Answer 1

transmission of intentionally structured and sequenced information to a recipient

Question 2

purpose of teaching is

Answer 2

to produce a change in behavior

Question 3

learning is ____

Answer 3

purposeful acquisition of measurable factors through an experience or external stimulus

Question 4

literacy is at what grade level education

Answer 4

5th

Question 5

includes intellectual behaviors, requires thinking, storage/recall of information

Answer 5

cognitive learning

Question 6

cognitive learning is ____

Answer 6

one-to-one instruction

Question 7

what do we (nurses) teach?

Answer 7

health analogies, restoration of health, coping with impaired functions, and promotion of health and illness prevention

Question 8

expression of feelings, development of attitudes, opinions, or values

Answer 8

affective learning

Question 9

affective learning is

Answer 9

one-to-one counseling, role play

Question 10

acquisition of skills, requires coordination and integration-mentally and physically, and “hands on” skill (kinesthetic learning)

Answer 10

psychomotor learning

Question 11

what is the best option when teaching a patient?

Answer 11

psychomotor

Question 12

psychomotor teaching tool to promote learning is

Answer 12

demonstration/return demonstration, practice

Question 13

what is return demonstration?

Answer 13

consider characteristics of the learner, self-efficacy is the major concept (person’s perceived ability to successfully perform a task), and provides guidance to the educator to develop an effective teaching plan

Question 14

retain is ___% read and ___% speak and do

Answer 14

10%, 90%

Question 15

learning environment affects the person’s attention to instruction, what are factors of this?

Answer 15

room needs to be well-lit, appropriate furniture, quiet, private, good ventilation, and comfortable temperature

Question 16

factors of the learning environment: group

Answer 16

appropriate number of participants (6 or fewer), right-sized room (not too big, not too small), verify all participants can see & hear one another

Question 17

what are some challenges to teaching?

Answer 17

conflicting schedules (nurse’s time and patient availability), lack of space & privacy, not seem as a priority (nurse & organization), no 3rd party reimbursement for teaching

Question 18

what are some challenges to learning?

Answer 18

illness, fatigue, other physical conditions, provider/nurses uses medical jargan & technical terms, overwhelming amount of behavioral change needed, does not perceive a need for information, and lack of support from family/caregivers

Question 19

technology-based learning issues

Answer 19

lack of social interaction, poor learner motivation (lack of interest, complicated), technical difficulties, and lack of access to the internet

Question 20

demonstration/return demonstration is most effective when

Answer 20

the patient observes the nurse, then during a return demonstration, the patient has a chance to practice skill