Teaching principles, health literacy assessment, and motivational interviewing basics for patient education tested on NCLEX-RN.
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- What are the three domains of learning in patient education?
- Cognitive, affective, and psychomotor
- Which learning domain involves understanding facts and knowledge?
- The cognitive domain
- Which learning domain involves attitudes, values, and feelings?
- The affective domain
- Which learning domain involves performing a physical skill?
- The psychomotor domain
- What is 'readiness to learn' in patient education?
- A patient's physical, emotional, and cognitive willingness and ability to learn at a given time
- Why should pain be controlled before teaching a patient?
- Uncontrolled pain reduces concentration and readiness to learn
- What is the teach-back method?
- Asking the patient to repeat information in their own words to confirm understanding
- Why is asking a patient 'Do you understand?' a poor way to check comprehension?
- Patients often say yes despite not understanding, to avoid embarrassment
- What learning theory describes how adults learn best?
- Andragogy
- According to andragogy, what motivates adult learners most?
- Information that is immediately relevant to their own real-life problems
- What reading level is recommended for written patient education materials?
- 5th to 6th grade level
- Why should patient teaching be broken into short segments?
- Attention span and retention are limited, especially when a patient is ill or anxious
- How does high anxiety affect a patient's ability to learn?
- It narrows attention and impairs learning, so anxiety should be reduced before teaching
- What teaching method should be used to evaluate a psychomotor skill, such as an insulin injection?
- Return demonstration
- Why should a nurse assess a patient's preferred learning style before teaching?
- To tailor teaching methods, such as visual, auditory, or hands-on, for better retention