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CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE COURSE
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Basic learning principles - CORRECT ANSWER -learning environment,
ability to learn, learning style and preference, motivation to learn
Nurses provide information for - CORRECT ANSWER -Chronic disease
management, medication use, limitations on mobility ADLS, prognosis of
disease
How do nurses teach patients to cope with impaired functioning? -
CORRECT ANSWER -To use various aides, equipment, and technology which
can assist patients, importance of including family members and other
support persons
What is teaching? - CORRECT ANSWER -An interactive process that
promotes learning
,What is learning? - CORRECT ANSWER -The purposeful acquisition of
knowledge, skills, behaviours, and attitudes
A teaching plan that is comprehensive and well designed to meet the
learner's needs can... - CORRECT ANSWER -reduce health care costs,
improve quality of care, help individuals reach optimal wellness, increase
independence/quality of life
What skills do we need to determine the learning needs of an individual? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Verbal, observation, awareness of cultural, social,
familial influences on the person's emotions, attitudes and health
behaviours
Domains of learning - CORRECT ANSWER -cognitive, affective, psychomotor
What does cognitive domain of learning involve? - CORRECT ANSWER -
remembering (simplest), understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating,
creating (complex)
Methods of teaching for cognitive learning? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Discussion, role playing, storytelling, Q/A, independent projects (online
learning)
What does affective domain of learning involve? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Receiving, responding, valuing, organizing, characterizing
,Methods of teaching for affective? - CORRECT ANSWER -role playing,
discussion (group), discussion (one on one)
What does the psychomotor domain of learning involve? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Perception, set, guided response, mechanism, complex overt
response, adaptation, origination
Teaching methods of the psychomotor domain of learning - CORRECT
ANSWER -Demonstration, practice, independent projects, return
demonstrations, games
What does learning depend on? - CORRECT ANSWER -Cognitive
status/ability to learn, learning environment, motivation, learning style &
preference, motivation to learn, motivation and learning theories
5 teaching approaches discussed in Potter and Perry - CORRECT ANSWER -
telling, selling, participating (set goals together), entrusting (pt is trusting
info is given), reinforcing (repeat back)
Application of learning to older adults - CORRECT ANSWER -Assessing and
teaching an older adult differs from assessing/teaching a younger
individual as it is often more complex, more detailed, and often takes
longer to complete; increased social and medical complexity; must pace
assessment and teaching according to individual's stamina
How can data be collected? - CORRECT ANSWER -self-report, report by
proxy or observation, or a combo of all 3
, Is care physical or emotional? - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical
Is caring physical or emotional? - CORRECT ANSWER -Emotional
Who's responsibility is it to set boundaries in the nurse-client relationship?
- CORRECT ANSWER -nurse
Caring is... - CORRECT ANSWER -a universal phenomenon influencing the
ways in which people think, feel, or behave in relation to one another; the
ability to work with all clients in a respectful and therapeutic way
Empathy - CORRECT ANSWER -the ability to understand and share the
feelings of another; encourages connection and feelings with people
Sympathy - CORRECT ANSWER -drives disconnection
Benner and colleagues caring theory view - CORRECT ANSWER -Caring is
primary to nursing
Caring is the essence of professional nursing practice
Caring means concern about a person, events, projects, and things
Expert nurses understand the difference between health, illness, and
disease
Leininger caring theory view - CORRECT ANSWER -Caring is universal
Transcultural perspective