Question 1

The nurse could maximize patient teaching for an individual with an identified auditory learning style preference by

Accepted Answer

A)  providing an audiotape of important information that the patient could replay. 
B)  allowing the patient to handle equipment before practicing a self-care technique. 
C)  playing a videotape to demonstrate a self-care technique to the patient. 
D)  drawing diagrams of important concepts the patient needs to learn.

Question 2

Which of the following are potential outcomes when using a nursing textbook lacking multicultural information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Students from the nondominant culture may feel insignificant. 
B)  Readers may oversimplify cultural behaviors and traits of others. 
C)  Readers may view patients from other cultures as unsophisticated. 
D)  Open discussion of cultural differences is promoted.

Question 3

A student nurse is a bodily/kinesthetic learner.The student would learn best by

Accepted Answer

A)  moving around when studying. 
B)  taking notes when reading assigned chapters. 
C)  organizing a method of study that fits him or her personally. 
D)  making his or her own diagrams, boxes, or lists when they are unavailable in the book.

Question 4

A person who learns best by using an organized method that involves categorizing,classifying,and working with abstract patterns and relationships is known as what type of learner?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spatial learner 
B)  Musical learner 
C)  Linguistic learner 
D)  Logical/mathematical learner

Question 5

A college student tells the nurse,"I have difficulty studying.I can't seem to get organized.I get distracted and often need to smoke to calm my nerves.Noise irritates me." The intervention the nurse could suggest that would be of greatest benefit would be

Accepted Answer

A)  "Try using colored transparency film over the page when reading to help you focus." 
B)  "Study only at the time of day that you are most alert and rested." 
C)  "Use a tape recorder to play and replay lectures at bedtime." 
D)  "Always sit at a desk to read or study."

Question 6

A student nurse is a linguistic learner.The student would learn best by

Accepted Answer

A)  moving around when studying. 
B)  taking notes when reading assigned chapters. 
C)  organizing a method of study that fits him or her personally. 
D)  making his or her own diagrams, boxes, or lists when they are unavailable.

Question 7

A patient states,"My roommate accuses me of daydreaming when I study,but I'm really imagining the things I'm trying to learn." The nurse understands that this best describes a way of learning common among individuals who are identified as

Accepted Answer

A)  spatial learners. 
B)  linguistic learners. 
C)  logical/mathematical learners. 
D)  bodily/kinesthetic learners.

Question 8

A person who learns best by visualizing,dreaming,working with colors and pictures,and studying diagrams,boxes,and special lists in the text is known as what type of learner?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spatial learner 
B)  Linguistic learner 
C)  Kinesthetic/tactual leaner 
D)  Musical learner

Question 9

Which of the following are intelligences identified by Gardner?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spatial 
B)  Musical 
C)  Mathematical 
D)  Perceptual 
E)  Intrapersonal
F) Interpersonal
G) Kinesthetic
H) Linguistic

Exam 3: Learning Methods and Skills: How Do You Learn?