Teaching and Learning - Patient Education

Question 1

Interactive process that promotes learning.

Answer 1

Teaching

Question 2

These two generally begin when a person identifies a need for knowing or acquiring an ability to do something.

Answer 2

Teaching and learning

Question 3

Provides information that prompts the patient to engage in activities that lead to a desired change.

Answer 3

Nurse-teacher

Question 4

Most effective when it addresses the learner’s needs, learning style, and capacity.

Answer 4

Teaching

Question 5

Involves creating or adapting the environment to facilitate learning, using a patient-centred approach in assessing the learning needs of the patient, and using the most appropriate educational strategy.

Answer 5

Role of nurse in patient education

Question 6

enable patients to self-manage their health.

Answer 6

Nurse-patient teaching

Question 7

States that patients have the right to make informed decisions about their care. The information that patients need to make such decisions must be accurate, complete, and relevant to their needs.

Answer 7

Canadian Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics

Question 8

CNA

Answer 8

The Canadian Nurses Association’s

Question 9

To be an effective nurse educator, you must do more than just pass on facts; you must determine what patients need to know, find time when they are ready to learn, and evaluate the impact of patient education on patient ___.

Answer 9

outcomes

Question 10

Effective teaching depends on effective ___.

Answer 10

communication

Question 11

To be a good teacher, you must listen empathetically, observe astutely, and speak clearly. Many intrapersonal variables—including attitudes, values, culture, emotions, and knowledge—influence both the nurse’s and patient’s styles and approaches. Both you and the patient are also affected by the patient’s motivation and ability to learn, which depend on physical and psychological health, education, developmental stage, and previous knowledge.f