Exam 28: Teaching and Learning

A client is practicing using an incentive spirometer after surgery. The nurse has explained the use, demonstrated how it works, and also given rationale for the client to continue to use this device. By mastering the use of this device, the client will demonstrate learning in which of Bloom's domains?

When nurses are teaching a client, they may use a discovery/problem-solving approach. An example of this would be:

A nurse educator is working with a group of students who are in their first clinical rotation. They have had a particularly busy clinical day. All have felt rushed to complete medication administration as well as personal cares for their assigned clients. Charting has been completed and they are ready to leave the clinical area for the day. A client on the unit needs medication delivered by a Z-track injection and the Clinical Nurse asks the nurse educator if one of the students would like to perform this. The nurse educator, understanding the important concepts surrounding timing and environment in a learning experience, makes this comment to the Clinical Nurse:

The nurse is going to be working with a client who has a permanent colostomy and is ready to go home within the next several days. When organising the teaching/learning experience, the nurse should:

When teaching clients, the nurse recognises that learning is more effective when:

When assessing the learning needs of a client, the nurse considers all of the following except:

A client needs discharge teaching regarding the use of a walker before going home. The client's room is small and adjacent to a soda machine and small lounge area. In planning a teaching session, the best thing the nurse can do is:

According to Lewin's (1951) theory of cognitivism, learning is a complex activity that involves what four types of changes?

A client is being discharged from the hospital after a myocardial infarction and has several new medications that have been added to her therapy. She also has been prescribed to follow a low-fat diet. The client states: "I'm never going to understand what to do, when to do it, and why I should be doing all these things". The nurse documents a potential problem related to:

An example of evaluating the psychomotor skills learning of a client, the nurse uses:

The nurse has completed client teaching regarding medication administration. Which of the following statements by the client best illustrates compliance?

A client has been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and must learn how to do his own finger stick blood sugar analysis as part of his treatment. The client has been sullen and uncommunicative since receiving the diagnosis. How can the nurse best increase the client's motivation to learn?

At the completion of a teaching session, the nurse must evaluate the effectiveness. In a situation where the client was learning a bandaging technique, the most effective evaluation is which of the following?

A client has decided to change his eating habits to be more nutritionally sound. An appropriate evaluation of a positive outcome for this client would be which of the following?

A client has an incision with a complex dressing change. The client is scheduled to be discharged home and the wound will require continued dressings at home. Which statement by the client indicates a need to postpone teaching?

The nurse is working with a group of older-aged clients through a community senior citizens' centre. Utilising an understanding of health literacy, the nurse will make sure that:

A nurse is planning a community health education project that deals with organ donation, and the target audience is a group of adults. When following andragogic concepts, the nurse should make sure that the teaching includes which of the following?

A community nurse working in primary schools is putting together a program for children about bullying. The nurse should keep in mind that content presented to this age group must be which of the following?

The nurse has completed a teaching session for a client with a tracheostomy. Documentation of the session should include which of the following?

A nurse educator is working with a group of students and demonstrates how to administer an intramuscular injection. The nurse is using which theoretical construct of learning?