Exam 19: Teaching Learning

The nurse preparing a teaching plan ensures that the information is tailored to the client's life experiences and learning level.These are examples of which right of teaching?

Which statement by the patient demonstrates health literacy?

A mother tells the nurse she is worried that her 20-year-old daughter lacks the understanding regarding the need for follow-up care after her discharge.Which of the following behaviors suggests that the patient needs further discharge teaching? Select all that apply.The patient:

Which intervention by the nurse would be best to motivate a patient newly diagnosed with hypertension to learn about the prescribed treatment plan?

For which patient is the nursing diagnosis Deficient Recall most appropriate?

Which phrase is stated as a teaching goal (as compared with an objective)for a patient who had bowel resection with creation of a colostomy? The patient

Assume all of the following written instructions about digoxin provide correct information for patient care.Which one is best worded for patient understanding?

It is a busy day on the medical-surgical floor,and the nurse must teach a patient ready for discharge about his medications.How can the nurse most efficiently use her time and provide this education?

The nurse is giving you the shift report.She states the client's diagnoses,treatments,and course of hospitalization.When describing the client she states,"Whenever I try to teach him something,he becomes difficult and argumentative." What client information about patient teaching should you ask? Select all that apply.

A preschool-age child is scheduled for a tonsillectomy.Which strategy might help lessen the child's anxiety before surgery?

The nurse manager is devising a teaching schedule for the staff who are about to begin using a new type of patient bed in the ICU.Implementation is planned in 6 weeks.When is the best time for the manager to schedule the teaching sessions?

A patient with attention deficit disorder is admitted to the hospital with type 1 diabetes.Which nursing diagnosis is commonly yet inappropriately used but should be avoided for this type of patient? Assume there are data to support all the diagnoses.

When the nurse is giving instructions for discharge,he notices that the television is on and he is eating a meal.The best thing for the nurse to do to ensure that the patient's discharge teaching is understood is to:

An older adult patient who underwent bowel resection is recovering from surgery without complication.He ambulates in the hallway and requires little analgesia for pain.During the healthcare team's morning rounds,the surgeon informs the patient that the lesion removed was cancerous.Which factor will likely be the patient's most significant obstacle for learning?

Which technique is best for teaching a nursing assistant how to perform finger-stick glucose testing?

How can the nurse best provide teaching for a patient whose primary spoken language is not the same as hers?

A patient with a diabetic foot ulcer will need to perform dressing changes after discharge.When should the nurse schedule the teaching session(s)?

The nurse knows that iron deficiency anemia is caused by low levels of iron in the body that can be improved by a diet high in iron.Based on this information,the best nursing diagnosis is:

Which teaching strategy is typically most effective for presenting information to large groups?

Prior to discharge,a patient with diabetes needs to learn how to check a finger-stick blood sugar reading before taking insulin.Which action will best help the patient remember proper technique?