Patient Education Exam 2026 – Study Guide and Practice Questions
Patient Education - correct answer ✔✔ is a process of helping people learn health-related
behaviors so that they can incorporate these behaviors into everyday life
Health education and its tools help to empower a patient to: - correct answer ✔✔ Achieve their
health care goals with chronic illnesses.
Have the knowledge to achieve the best outcomes for them.
Purposefully change behaviour
Learning domains refer to the type of learning health education will be engaging. The three
domains are: - correct answer ✔✔ Cognitive: increasing knowledge
Psychomotor: developing or improving a skill
Affective: changing or influencing attitudes
Methods of teaching in the cognitive domain
*3* - correct answer ✔✔ - Lecture
- One-to-one instruction
- Computer-assisted instruction
Teaching in the cognitive domain - correct answer ✔✔ *Cognitive-domain learning is the
traditional focus of most teaching.
*Distributed practice - learning over distributed time is more effective than "cramming"
,*Cognitive knowledge is an essential prerequisite for learning affective and psychomotor skills.
Teaching in the Affective Domain - correct answer ✔✔ -Nurse educators are encouraged to
attend to the needs of the whole person by recognizing that learning is subjective and values
driven.
-More time in teaching needs to focus on exploring and clarifying learner feelings, emotions,
and attitudes.
*Evaluation of learner is more complex because performance in affective domain is less overt,
tangible, and observable= need to be able to tell you what they need to do or how they feel*
Methods of teaching to affective domain
*5* - correct answer ✔✔ -Group discussion
-Role-playing
-Role-modeling
- Simulation gaming
- Questioning
Teaching in the psychmotor domain - correct answer ✔✔ Learning in this domain involves
acquiring fine and gross motor abilities with increasing complexity of neuromuscular
coordination.
Methods of teaching in the psychmotor domain
*3* - correct answer ✔✔ -Demonstration
- Return demonstration
- Simulation
True or False: Asking questions that demand a cognitive or affective response during
psychomotor learning interferes with psychomotor performance - correct answer ✔✔ True.
, True or false: The ability to perform a skill is not equivalent to learning a skill (performance is
transitory; learning is more permanent). - correct answer ✔✔ True
target audience - correct answer ✔✔ the portion of the whole audience that the speaker most
wants to persuade
There are factors that can influence psychmotor skills. The amount of practice required to learn
a new skill varies with the individual, depending upon these 4 things....
*RMPH* - correct answer ✔✔ - Readiness to learn
- Motivation to learn
- Past experience
- Health status
Factors influencing psychmotor skills
*EDAP* - correct answer ✔✔ - Environmental stimuli
- Anxiety level
- Developmental stage
- Practice session length
Concept Attributes and Criteria - correct answer ✔✔ - teaching is planned
> nurse knows the patient and determines the appropriateness of education; nurse plans the
teaching to meet learning outcomes
- learning outcomes are goal oriented
> outcome is to change behavior or attitude
- patient is motivated to learn
Patient Education - correct answer ✔✔ is a process of helping people learn health-related
behaviors so that they can incorporate these behaviors into everyday life
Health education and its tools help to empower a patient to: - correct answer ✔✔ Achieve their
health care goals with chronic illnesses.
Have the knowledge to achieve the best outcomes for them.
Purposefully change behaviour
Learning domains refer to the type of learning health education will be engaging. The three
domains are: - correct answer ✔✔ Cognitive: increasing knowledge
Psychomotor: developing or improving a skill
Affective: changing or influencing attitudes
Methods of teaching in the cognitive domain
*3* - correct answer ✔✔ - Lecture
- One-to-one instruction
- Computer-assisted instruction
Teaching in the cognitive domain - correct answer ✔✔ *Cognitive-domain learning is the
traditional focus of most teaching.
*Distributed practice - learning over distributed time is more effective than "cramming"
,*Cognitive knowledge is an essential prerequisite for learning affective and psychomotor skills.
Teaching in the Affective Domain - correct answer ✔✔ -Nurse educators are encouraged to
attend to the needs of the whole person by recognizing that learning is subjective and values
driven.
-More time in teaching needs to focus on exploring and clarifying learner feelings, emotions,
and attitudes.
*Evaluation of learner is more complex because performance in affective domain is less overt,
tangible, and observable= need to be able to tell you what they need to do or how they feel*
Methods of teaching to affective domain
*5* - correct answer ✔✔ -Group discussion
-Role-playing
-Role-modeling
- Simulation gaming
- Questioning
Teaching in the psychmotor domain - correct answer ✔✔ Learning in this domain involves
acquiring fine and gross motor abilities with increasing complexity of neuromuscular
coordination.
Methods of teaching in the psychmotor domain
*3* - correct answer ✔✔ -Demonstration
- Return demonstration
- Simulation
True or False: Asking questions that demand a cognitive or affective response during
psychomotor learning interferes with psychomotor performance - correct answer ✔✔ True.
, True or false: The ability to perform a skill is not equivalent to learning a skill (performance is
transitory; learning is more permanent). - correct answer ✔✔ True
target audience - correct answer ✔✔ the portion of the whole audience that the speaker most
wants to persuade
There are factors that can influence psychmotor skills. The amount of practice required to learn
a new skill varies with the individual, depending upon these 4 things....
*RMPH* - correct answer ✔✔ - Readiness to learn
- Motivation to learn
- Past experience
- Health status
Factors influencing psychmotor skills
*EDAP* - correct answer ✔✔ - Environmental stimuli
- Anxiety level
- Developmental stage
- Practice session length
Concept Attributes and Criteria - correct answer ✔✔ - teaching is planned
> nurse knows the patient and determines the appropriateness of education; nurse plans the
teaching to meet learning outcomes
- learning outcomes are goal oriented
> outcome is to change behavior or attitude
- patient is motivated to learn
