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Which of the following results occur when nurses teach clients effectively? Select all that apply.
- A. Improved client outcomes
- B. Decreased adherence with drug regimen
- C. Increased ability of client to manage drug therapy
- D. Lengthened time for client outcomes
- E. Limited ability of client to manage drug therapy
Correct Answer: A,C
Rationale: Client teaching improves the client outcome of being able to manage drug therapy. By understanding the reason for the prescribed medications, the patient is more likely to be adherent to the treatment plan and get better.
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A nurse is caring for a client with high blood pressure. The client has a sphygmomanometer at home. A family member wishes to learn how to measure blood pressure. The nurse demonstrates to the client and the family member how to take blood pressure measurements using the sphygmomanometer. The nurse identifies which domain of learning as being addressed?
- A. Psychomotor domain
- B. Affective domain
- C. Cognitive domain
- D. Intellectual domain
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Measuring blood pressure is a physical skill, which falls under the psychomotor domain of learning. The cognitive or the intellectual domain involves intellectual activities such as thought, recall, decision making, and drawing conclusions. The affective domain involves the patient's and the caregiver's attitudes, feelings, beliefs, and opinions.
A patient is a kinesthetic learner. Which of the following would the nurse focus on when teaching this patient about drug administration?
- A. Doing the actual steps of the procedure
- B. Watching the nurse perform the procedure
- C. Listening to the nurse's instructions
- D. Observing how to perform the steps
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A kinesthetic learner learns by moving, touching, and doing. Therefore, the nurse would focus on having the patient perform the actual steps of the procedure. Watching the nurse perform the procedure and observing how to perform the steps would be appropriate for a patient who is a visual learner. Listening to the nurse's instructions would be appropriate for an auditory learner.
A nursing instructor is teaching a group of students about learning. The instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as characteristic of adult learning? Select all that apply.
- A. Adults prefer a formal learning environment.
- B. Adults draw on past experiences to facilitate learning.
- C. Adults learn best by listening.
- D. Adults learn best by active learning.
- E. Adults are most often visual learners.
Correct Answer: B,D,E
Rationale: The following are true of adult learners: they prefer an informal learning environment; they draw on past experiences to facilitate learning; most adults are visual learners; and adults learn best and retain more by active or hands-on learning.
A cancer patient requires supplemental oxygen at home through an oxygen cylinder. The nurse assigned to the patient teaches the patient's brother to administer oxygen from the cylinder at home. Which of the following is most effective for the nurse to use when evaluating the patient's brother's understanding?
- A. Ask questions such as 'Do you understand?'
- B. Ask the patient's brother to demonstrate the procedure.
- C. Ask the patient's brother to document the technique.
- D. Ask the patient's brother questions related to the procedure.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: To determine the effectiveness of teaching in this case, the nurse must evaluate the patient's brother's knowledge of the materials presented. This can be done by asking the patient's brother to demonstrate or explain the presented information. The nurse should not ask questions such as 'Do you understand?' as the patient may be uncomfortable admitting a lack of understanding. Asking questions related to the procedure may confuse the person. Asking the patient's brother to document the technique would not provide enough information about whether or not he does understand what to do.
The nurse is assessing a patient and suspects that the patient may have limited health literacy. Which of the following would support this suspicion? Select all that apply.
- A. Clear description of how to take the medication
- B. Difficulty naming the medication
- C. Problems filling out forms accurately
- D. English as the primary language
- E. Inability to explain the purpose of the medication
Correct Answer: B,C,E
Rationale: Behaviors indicating limited health literacy include filling out forms incompletely or inaccurately, an inability to name or give the purpose of medications, and an inability to describe how to take the medications. Higher rates of low health literacy are found in individuals with English as a second language.