NURS 235 Exam 4 Practice Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 235
Institution
NUR 235
Patient Education •Process of influencing the patient's behavior to effect changes in knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to maintain and improve health •educated patients=better outcomes •Goal: help patients and families develop the self care abilities (knowledge, attitudes, skills)
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NURS 235 Exam 4 Practice Questions
and Correct Answers
Patient Education ✅•Process of influencing the patient's behavior to effect changes in
knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to maintain and improve health
•educated patients=better outcomes
•Goal: help patients and families develop the self care abilities (knowledge, attitudes,
skills)
Aims of teaching and counseling ✅•Maintaining and promoting health
•Preventing illness
•Restoring health
•Facilitating coping - not just patient but also family/friends
Outcomes ✅•High-level wellness and related self-care practices
•Disease prevention/early detection
•Quick recovery from trauma or illness with minimal or no complications
•Enhanced ability to adjust to developmental lifestyle changes and acute, chronic, and
terminal illness
•Family acceptance of the lifestyle changes necessitated by illness or disability
Learning ✅•Process by which a person acquires or increases knowledge or changes
behavior in a measurable way as a result of the experience
•Three areas of focus
•Preparation for receiving care
•Preparation before discharge
•Documentation of patient education activity
Effective teaching ✅•Tune into the patient
•Edit patient information
•Act on every teaching moment
•Clarify often
•Honor the patient as a partner in the education process
Teaching learning process ✅•Helps you develop your own teaching and learning skills
(box 9-2)
•Assess learning needs and learning readiness
•Diagnose patient's learning needs
•Develop learning outcomes
•Develop a teaching plan
•Implement teaching plan and strategies
•Evaluate learning
,Factors affecting learning ✅•Age/development
•Family support and financial resources
•Cultural/language deficits
Health literacy
Child/adolescent learners ✅•Keep it age appropriate
•Include family, especially with younger children
•Allows for hands on, "play learning", especially in children
•Remember Piaget's stages
Adult learners ✅•Focus on independence
•Value previous experiences as resources for learning
•Readiness to learn is often related to developmental task or social role
•Use material that is useful immediately
Family support/financial resources ✅•Observe and assess patient/family interactions -
function, stress, transitions, expectations
•View family as partners in care
•Take financial resources into account when educating about treatment
COPE (Box 9-3) ✅•Creativity -help family overcome obstacles to care management
•Optimism - help the family caregivers learn how to view the caregiver situation
•Planning - help the family learn how to plan for future problems and how to develop
contingency plans
•Expert information - help the family know where to obtain valid information about what
to do in certain situations
Cultural/language deficits ✅•Identify language deficits
•Use translated materials
•Know your resources
•Know your culture and respect theirs
Health literacy ✅•~90 million Americans lack basic literacy skills
•Health literacy - ability to read, understand, and act on health information
•Information should be at a 5th grade level
Health literacy tools ✅•Ask me 3
•What is my main problem?
•What do I need to do?
•Why is it important for me to do this?
•Teach back tool - patient teaches information back to nurse to validate understanding;
especially useful if low literacy level is identified
Learning domains ✅•Cognitive learning - storing and recalling of new knowledge in the
brain; "intellectual learning"
, •Psychomotor learning - physical skills, "hands on learning"
•Affective learning - changes in attitudes, values, and feelings
Effective communication techniques ✅•Be sincere and honest
•Show genuine interest and respect
•Avoid giving too much detail - stick to the basics
•Be a "cheerleader" for the patient, avoid lecturing
•Ask the patient if they have any questions
•Use simple words
•Vary tone of voice
•Keep content clear and concise
•Listen and do not interrupt patient
•Ensure that the environment promotes learning
•Be sensitive to timing
Assessment parameters ✅•Learning readiness - patient willingness to engage in
learning process
•Motivation - internal impulse that encourages patient to take action
•Compliance - likelihood that patient will follow treatment plan
Teaching strategies ✅•Role modeling
•Lecture - presentation of information
•Discussion - two way exchange of information
•Panel discussion - presentation of information by two or more people
•Demonstration - use with teach-back method
•Discovery - situation based with guidance to solution
•Role playing - playing out as scenario
•Audiovisual materials - computer programs, apps, films, dvds, etc.
•Printed material
•Programmed instruction - prepared for independent learning
•Web-based instruction - check source validity
Contractual agreements ✅•Pact between two people setting out mutually agreed upon
goals
•Ex: safety contracts, fall prevention contracts
Factors in determining learning activities ✅•Time constraints
•Scheduling
•Group vs individual teaching
Formal vs informal teaching
Evaluation ✅•Did your patient learn what they were supposed to?
•How are you evaluating learning?
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