Deck 12: Planning Effective Ways to Help Clients Learn About Health

Question 1

Which of the following is a principle of effective teaching?

A) Plan interventions
B) Determine outcomes
C) Spend time on the task
D) Assess previous knowledge

Answer 1

Spend time on the task

Question 2

Which of the following indicates that a patient has achieved the highest level of cognitive learning?

A) The patient remembers information.
B) The patient reads about the health problem.
C) The patient creates a plan to improve health.
D) The patient asks what can be done about the problem.

Answer 2

The patient creates a plan to improve health.

Question 3

How does frequent repetition when teaching a psychomotor skill help the client?

A) It evaluates her or his ability to perform the skill.
B) It reinforces the value of performing the skill.
C) It eliminates any negative attitudes about the skill.
D) It helps the patient adapt performance to environmental constraints and influences.

Answer 3

It helps the patient adapt performance to environmental constraints and influences.

Question 4

Which of the following approaches would be used to help a patient clarify values and feelings about issues to improve health?

A) Coaching
B) Counseling
C) Group therapy
D) Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Question 5

Why would a nurse use a decision aid when providing health education?

A) To support behavior change
B) To provide a checklist to follow
C) To increase personal accountability
D) To allow patients to clarify personal values

Question 6

What should be done if Facebook is used for health education?

A) Evaluate the effectiveness
B) Livestream events through the page
C) Restrict the use of private messaging
D) Limit the number of people allowed on the page

Question 7

Which of the following is an active learning approach?

A) Game
B) YouTube video
C) Mobile phone app
D) Avatar in a virtual environment

Question 8

How would an education program based on assessment of need be evaluated for effectiveness?

A) The need is resolved.
B) Hospitalization is avoided.
C) The patient has no further questions.
D) Medications are taken as prescribed.

Question 9

A patient wants to use an intervention that has been graded as I through the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPST). What should the nurse do?

A) Tell the patient that the net benefit is small.
B) Discourage the use of the intervention.
C) Tell the patient that the net benefit is moderate to substantial.
D) State that benefits and harms cannot be determined.

Question 10

How should health education resources be used in clinical practice?

A) Place copies in examination rooms
B) Distribute resources to inpatient areas in hospitals
C) Display resources in the lobbies of health-care facilities
D) Make resources available in waiting rooms and grouped according to patient needs