Answers (A Grade) 2025 Update
/as a nurse who will you educate - Answer-patients, family members, CNA's, the
community, PT, OT, therapists, collab
/.examples of what you'd be teaching as a nurse - Answer-exercising, healthy eating
habits, restoring health, adopting new things, proper way to take meds, etc.
/.communication - Answer-sharing and evaluating information, verbal and nonverbal
/.culture and diversity - Answer-languages, religions, respect other beliefs
/.development - Answer-tone, simple vs complex, level of care/involving the patient,
giving different handouts, most patients need to have information at an 8th grade level
/.health, wellness, illness, and injury - Answer-diet, exercise, changes in health
/.safety - Answer-braden scale, morse scale
/.learning need - Answer-correct misconception, need to know about something new
/.compliance - Answer-Conforming to a request or demand
/.adherence - Answer-active, decision making process
/.learning theory - Answer-adult learners- they want to know how and why , they use
prior experiences to help learn about their issues and care for themselves, they want to
take care of themselves and be involved as much as possible
/.constructivist theory - Answer-cooperation, problem-solving, group of others
/.social learning theory - Answer-return demonstration, imitation and modeling
/.cognitive theory - Answer-acquire, process, use information
/.behaviorist theory - Answer-positive versus negative reinforcement
/.adult learning theory - Answer-how and why, use prior experiences and knowledge to
care for themselves
/.facilitating the learning needs of patient - Answer-motivation, readiness to learn, active
involvement, relevance (importance), feedback, nonjudgemental support, simple to
, complex (understand basics first), repetition (repeating information, figure out a different
way to say things, why are you having to repeat yourself), timing, environment
/.barriers to learning - Answer-acute illness, pain, prognosis, biorhythms, emotions,
language, older adults, children, culture/religion, physical disability, mental disability
/.lifespan considerations- developing teaching plans - Answer-children- they may be
scared, involve caregivers, play/praise
adolescents- independence, but they can be forgetful, helping them understand the
importance of being independent
adults- chronic diseases, health promotion, why and how, time for questions
older adults- health declination changes, follow-ups, involve other family members, 6th
grade level hand outs/large print
patients with special needs- living environment, involve caregiver
/.use of technology - Answer-E-health movement: focuses on making healthcare
resources more accessible by transferring them to electronic media, includes
technology-based tools that offer nurses innovative methods for working with patients
72% of US adults seek health information online: published articles, clinical studies,
scholarly journal publications, also unreliable, questionable, biased sources, providers
must review sources carefully to identify reliable ones, also teach patients how to
distinguish trustworthy from false, potentially dangerous health advice
/.patient consumer education - Answer-what are the needs? what is the environment?
what are the specifics? (what is most important today, address primary concern, teach
back and return demonstration
/.grief and loss - Answer-grief- the physical, psychological, biological, and behavioral
response to a loss
loss-occurs when something we value is no longer available or drastically changed.
loss of friendship, loss of independence
/.types of loss - Answer-the source of loss has a great impact
actual loss- identified and recognized by others (when it actually happens)
anticipatory loss- a loss is coming (deployment, hospice)
perceived loss- felt as an individual, but can not be verified (loss of control)