EAQ Pt and Caregiver Teaching Test Questions with
Answers Graded A+
Which actions would the nurse take to evaluate a Develop learning priorities with the patients.
patient's understanding of insulin self-
administration? Select all that apply. - Perform teaching at every contact with the
ANSWER -Watch as the patient draws up patients
and administers insulin.
Look for nonverbal cues that the patient feels Which are components of motivational
confident. interviewing? Select all that apply. -
ANSWER -Listen rather than tell.
Ask about the times and dosages of insulin
administration Avoid arguments and direct confrontation.
Gently persuade with the understanding that
Which statements are true about learning? change is up to the patient.
Select all that apply. - ANSWER -Learning
involves acquiring knowledge and skills.
After demonstrating use of a home blood glucose
Learning may result in a permanent patient meter to a patient, how can the nurse best
change. evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching? -
ANSWER -Asking the patient to re-
Patients may be empowered to make decisions demonstrate how to use the blood glucose meter
through learning.
When planning teaching for a patient with asthma
When a patient has stopped smoking cigarettes who is tech-savvy and a multitasker, which
for 2 months after attending a series of teaching strategies will be best for the nurse to
educational sessions, which action will the nurse use? Select all that apply. - ANSWER -
plan to take? - ANSWER -Offer praise for Provide Internet access.
the successful behavior change
Discuss reliable websites.
After providing patient teaching about a new Utilize health-related applications.
medication, which action will the nurse take to
determine whether the teaching has been
effective? - ANSWER -Have the patient When a patient who is addicted to opioids tells
restate the information. the nurse, "I know that heroin has bad effects but
I feel awful when I withdraw, so I'm afraid to quit,"
which stage in the Transtheoretical Model of
When the nurse is caring for multiple patients Health Behavior Change will the nurse
and needs to provide education to each patient, document? - ANSWER -Contemplation
which teaching techniques will the nurse use?
Select all that apply. - ANSWER -Reinforce
teaching at each patient encounter. When the nurse is developing a health teaching
plan for a patient from a different culture, which
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, EAQ Pt and Caregiver Teaching Test Questions with
Answers Graded A+
patient assessment information is most important elderly Hispanic male who needs teaching about
to obtain? - ANSWER -Patient's cultural ways to improve symptoms of benign prostatic
values hyperplasia (BPH)? - ANSWER -List
possible treatment options to decrease
symptoms of BPH.
Which situation indicates that the patient is ready
to learn about taking enoxaparin injections at
home? - ANSWER -The patient wants to Which action provides an example of motivational
practice before actually performing self-injection. interviewing by the nurse who is working with a
patient with chronic heart disease? -
ANSWER -Asking the patient about plans
Which statement by a hospitalized patient with for the future
diarrhea indicates that the patient is ready to
learn about hygiene measures to prevent spread
of gastroenteritis? - ANSWER -"I need to After noting that a patient regularly asks about
know how to prevent spreading this to my family the purpose and potential side effects of each
members." oral medication that is being given during the
patient hospitalization, which action would the
nurse take next? - ANSWER -Ask if the
Which techniques will the nurse use when patient has questions or concerns regarding the
developing written educational material at the oral medications.
recommended level? Select all that apply. -
ANSWER -Use short, common words.
Which is one of several important agencies
Keep sentences 10 to 15 words in length. providing specific regulatory mandates related to
teaching hospitalized patients? -
Provide key information first with bold or italics. ANSWER -American Hospital Association's
(AHA) Patient Care Partnership
When the nurse tries to discuss risks of cigarette
smoking with a patient who says, "My friends all What will the nurse take first in order to
smoke and I like to smoke," which stage of the individualize teaching for a patient who has newly
model is the patient exhibiting? - diagnosed diabetes? - ANSWER -Ask the
ANSWER -Precontemplation patient to choose priorities from a list of diabetes
topics.
After the nurse has completed caregiver teaching
about how to do a dressing change, which When a patient with cancer-related pain appears
question will best evaluate the effectiveness of reluctant to learn self-care techniques taught by
the teaching? - ANSWER -"What will you the nurse, which actions will the nurse take?
do if the dressing has excess drainage?" Select all that apply. - ANSWER -Provide
brief explanations
Which statement is the best learning goal for an Choose high-priority teaching topics.
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Answers Graded A+
Which actions would the nurse take to evaluate a Develop learning priorities with the patients.
patient's understanding of insulin self-
administration? Select all that apply. - Perform teaching at every contact with the
ANSWER -Watch as the patient draws up patients
and administers insulin.
Look for nonverbal cues that the patient feels Which are components of motivational
confident. interviewing? Select all that apply. -
ANSWER -Listen rather than tell.
Ask about the times and dosages of insulin
administration Avoid arguments and direct confrontation.
Gently persuade with the understanding that
Which statements are true about learning? change is up to the patient.
Select all that apply. - ANSWER -Learning
involves acquiring knowledge and skills.
After demonstrating use of a home blood glucose
Learning may result in a permanent patient meter to a patient, how can the nurse best
change. evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching? -
ANSWER -Asking the patient to re-
Patients may be empowered to make decisions demonstrate how to use the blood glucose meter
through learning.
When planning teaching for a patient with asthma
When a patient has stopped smoking cigarettes who is tech-savvy and a multitasker, which
for 2 months after attending a series of teaching strategies will be best for the nurse to
educational sessions, which action will the nurse use? Select all that apply. - ANSWER -
plan to take? - ANSWER -Offer praise for Provide Internet access.
the successful behavior change
Discuss reliable websites.
After providing patient teaching about a new Utilize health-related applications.
medication, which action will the nurse take to
determine whether the teaching has been
effective? - ANSWER -Have the patient When a patient who is addicted to opioids tells
restate the information. the nurse, "I know that heroin has bad effects but
I feel awful when I withdraw, so I'm afraid to quit,"
which stage in the Transtheoretical Model of
When the nurse is caring for multiple patients Health Behavior Change will the nurse
and needs to provide education to each patient, document? - ANSWER -Contemplation
which teaching techniques will the nurse use?
Select all that apply. - ANSWER -Reinforce
teaching at each patient encounter. When the nurse is developing a health teaching
plan for a patient from a different culture, which
1/5
, EAQ Pt and Caregiver Teaching Test Questions with
Answers Graded A+
patient assessment information is most important elderly Hispanic male who needs teaching about
to obtain? - ANSWER -Patient's cultural ways to improve symptoms of benign prostatic
values hyperplasia (BPH)? - ANSWER -List
possible treatment options to decrease
symptoms of BPH.
Which situation indicates that the patient is ready
to learn about taking enoxaparin injections at
home? - ANSWER -The patient wants to Which action provides an example of motivational
practice before actually performing self-injection. interviewing by the nurse who is working with a
patient with chronic heart disease? -
ANSWER -Asking the patient about plans
Which statement by a hospitalized patient with for the future
diarrhea indicates that the patient is ready to
learn about hygiene measures to prevent spread
of gastroenteritis? - ANSWER -"I need to After noting that a patient regularly asks about
know how to prevent spreading this to my family the purpose and potential side effects of each
members." oral medication that is being given during the
patient hospitalization, which action would the
nurse take next? - ANSWER -Ask if the
Which techniques will the nurse use when patient has questions or concerns regarding the
developing written educational material at the oral medications.
recommended level? Select all that apply. -
ANSWER -Use short, common words.
Which is one of several important agencies
Keep sentences 10 to 15 words in length. providing specific regulatory mandates related to
teaching hospitalized patients? -
Provide key information first with bold or italics. ANSWER -American Hospital Association's
(AHA) Patient Care Partnership
When the nurse tries to discuss risks of cigarette
smoking with a patient who says, "My friends all What will the nurse take first in order to
smoke and I like to smoke," which stage of the individualize teaching for a patient who has newly
model is the patient exhibiting? - diagnosed diabetes? - ANSWER -Ask the
ANSWER -Precontemplation patient to choose priorities from a list of diabetes
topics.
After the nurse has completed caregiver teaching
about how to do a dressing change, which When a patient with cancer-related pain appears
question will best evaluate the effectiveness of reluctant to learn self-care techniques taught by
the teaching? - ANSWER -"What will you the nurse, which actions will the nurse take?
do if the dressing has excess drainage?" Select all that apply. - ANSWER -Provide
brief explanations
Which statement is the best learning goal for an Choose high-priority teaching topics.
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