NR 545 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why is the role of teaching clients and families and ensuring their proper education
important in healthcare? Select all that apply.
1) Empowers autonomy
2) Allows client/family to perform self-care
3) Allows for informed decisions regarding healthcare
4) Empowers family to make decisions for clients
5) Allows for evaluation of client's cognition and readiness to be discharged - Answer-
Empowers autonomy
*Rationale: Clients who are educated about wellness, self-care, health promotion, etc.
are more empowered to make self-directed decisions about their own health.
Allows client/family to perform self-care
*Rationale: When a client fully understands their healthcare needs and what is needed
for optimal recovery, it facilitates the ability for self-care at home.
Allows for informed decisions regarding healthcare
*Rationale: Education of healthcare matters allows clients to make informed decisions
regarding their health and the care they receive.
When educating a client, which are important factors to consider regarding the client's
ability to learn and retain information? Select all that apply.
1) Literacy level of client
2) Desire and motivation
3) Developmental and physical limitations
4) Barriers to communication
5) Culture and religious practices
6) Family dynamics - Answer-Literacy level of client
*Rationale: The cognitive and literacy level of the client has a direct effect on their ability
to learn and retain information. Clients with lower literacy levels may not be able to read
and follow written instructions.
Desire and motivation
*Rationale: Desire and motivation to learn and improve one's health are direct factors
that determine optimal learning and outcomes.
Developmental and physical limitations
*Rationale: Nurses must consider any developmental disabilities as well as physical
limitations when educating clients to inform the self-care plan.
, Barriers to communication
*Rationale: Barriers to communication, such as hearing impairment, language, and
extraneous noise, can interrupt the thought process of both the client and nurses, thus
inhibiting complete understanding.
Culture and religious practices
*Rationale: Culture and religious beliefs and practices must be considered, as they may
directly affect a client's compliance in healthcare regimens and practices.
A nurse has demonstrated the proper cleaning and dressing change techniques for a
client's wound. The nurse has the client then demonstrate the proper technique and
repeat the instructions on when to change the dressing and why. By allowing the client
to demonstrate learning, which type of educational learning has been practiced?
1) Cognitive
2) Psychomotor
3) Affective
4) Practical - Answer-Psychomotor
Rationale: Psychomotor learning involves performing skills that require both mental and
physical activity, ensuring both cognition and affective results; repeating the technique
is an example of psychomotor learning.
What is the best explanation of teaching?
1) An interactive process involving planning and implementing instructional activities
that meet intended outcomes as well as activities that allow the learner to learn
2) A change in behavior, knowledge, skills, or attitudes to reach common goals
3) A result of motivation to learn that involves planned or spontaneously occurring
situations, events, or exposures
4) Using teaching, counseling, and behavioral modification together to achieve effective
client learning - Answer-An interactive process involving planning and implementing
instructional activities that meet intended outcomes as well as activities that allow the
learner to learn
Rationale: Effective teaching involves interaction between teacher and learner/student
with information and activities included to reach a common goal.
Which description best explains learning?
1) An interactive process involving planning and implementing instructional activities
that meet intended outcomes as well as activities that allow the learner to learn
2) A change in behavior, knowledge, skills, or attitudes to reach common goals
3) A result of motivation to learn that involves planned or spontaneously occurring
situations, events, or exposures
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why is the role of teaching clients and families and ensuring their proper education
important in healthcare? Select all that apply.
1) Empowers autonomy
2) Allows client/family to perform self-care
3) Allows for informed decisions regarding healthcare
4) Empowers family to make decisions for clients
5) Allows for evaluation of client's cognition and readiness to be discharged - Answer-
Empowers autonomy
*Rationale: Clients who are educated about wellness, self-care, health promotion, etc.
are more empowered to make self-directed decisions about their own health.
Allows client/family to perform self-care
*Rationale: When a client fully understands their healthcare needs and what is needed
for optimal recovery, it facilitates the ability for self-care at home.
Allows for informed decisions regarding healthcare
*Rationale: Education of healthcare matters allows clients to make informed decisions
regarding their health and the care they receive.
When educating a client, which are important factors to consider regarding the client's
ability to learn and retain information? Select all that apply.
1) Literacy level of client
2) Desire and motivation
3) Developmental and physical limitations
4) Barriers to communication
5) Culture and religious practices
6) Family dynamics - Answer-Literacy level of client
*Rationale: The cognitive and literacy level of the client has a direct effect on their ability
to learn and retain information. Clients with lower literacy levels may not be able to read
and follow written instructions.
Desire and motivation
*Rationale: Desire and motivation to learn and improve one's health are direct factors
that determine optimal learning and outcomes.
Developmental and physical limitations
*Rationale: Nurses must consider any developmental disabilities as well as physical
limitations when educating clients to inform the self-care plan.
, Barriers to communication
*Rationale: Barriers to communication, such as hearing impairment, language, and
extraneous noise, can interrupt the thought process of both the client and nurses, thus
inhibiting complete understanding.
Culture and religious practices
*Rationale: Culture and religious beliefs and practices must be considered, as they may
directly affect a client's compliance in healthcare regimens and practices.
A nurse has demonstrated the proper cleaning and dressing change techniques for a
client's wound. The nurse has the client then demonstrate the proper technique and
repeat the instructions on when to change the dressing and why. By allowing the client
to demonstrate learning, which type of educational learning has been practiced?
1) Cognitive
2) Psychomotor
3) Affective
4) Practical - Answer-Psychomotor
Rationale: Psychomotor learning involves performing skills that require both mental and
physical activity, ensuring both cognition and affective results; repeating the technique
is an example of psychomotor learning.
What is the best explanation of teaching?
1) An interactive process involving planning and implementing instructional activities
that meet intended outcomes as well as activities that allow the learner to learn
2) A change in behavior, knowledge, skills, or attitudes to reach common goals
3) A result of motivation to learn that involves planned or spontaneously occurring
situations, events, or exposures
4) Using teaching, counseling, and behavioral modification together to achieve effective
client learning - Answer-An interactive process involving planning and implementing
instructional activities that meet intended outcomes as well as activities that allow the
learner to learn
Rationale: Effective teaching involves interaction between teacher and learner/student
with information and activities included to reach a common goal.
Which description best explains learning?
1) An interactive process involving planning and implementing instructional activities
that meet intended outcomes as well as activities that allow the learner to learn
2) A change in behavior, knowledge, skills, or attitudes to reach common goals
3) A result of motivation to learn that involves planned or spontaneously occurring
situations, events, or exposures
