Chapter 16 – Patient Education 2026 – Study Guide and Practice
Questions
Why is the role of teaching clients and families and ensuring their proper education important
in health care? Select all that apply.
1.Empowers autonomy
2.Allows client/family to perform self-care
3.Allows for informed decisions regarding health care
4.Empowers family to make decisions for clients
5.Allows for evaluation of client's cognition and readiness to be discharged - correct answer ✔✔
1. Empowers autonomy
2. Allows client/family to perform self-care
3. Allows for informed decisions regarding healthcare
What are the five rights of teaching a patient?
1. Right route, dose, patient, documentation, and drug
2. Right room, patient, teaching plan, learning style, and communication style
3. Right time, context, goal, content, method
4. Right theory, responsibilities, learner, teacher, and developmental stage - correct answer ✔✔
3. Right Time, context, goal, content, and method
When educating a client, what 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 - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Literacy level of client
2. Desire and motivation
3. Developmental and physical limitations
4. Barriers to communication
5. Culture and religious 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 - correct answer ✔✔ 2. Psychomotor
A nurse has explained the names, doses of medications, as well as side effects and adverse
reactions to the client before the patient is discharged. The nurse asks the client to recall the
information just given and their level of understanding. Which type of education learning has
been practiced?
1. Cognitive
2. Psychomotor
3. Affective
Questions
Why is the role of teaching clients and families and ensuring their proper education important
in health care? Select all that apply.
1.Empowers autonomy
2.Allows client/family to perform self-care
3.Allows for informed decisions regarding health care
4.Empowers family to make decisions for clients
5.Allows for evaluation of client's cognition and readiness to be discharged - correct answer ✔✔
1. Empowers autonomy
2. Allows client/family to perform self-care
3. Allows for informed decisions regarding healthcare
What are the five rights of teaching a patient?
1. Right route, dose, patient, documentation, and drug
2. Right room, patient, teaching plan, learning style, and communication style
3. Right time, context, goal, content, method
4. Right theory, responsibilities, learner, teacher, and developmental stage - correct answer ✔✔
3. Right Time, context, goal, content, and method
When educating a client, what 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 - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Literacy level of client
2. Desire and motivation
3. Developmental and physical limitations
4. Barriers to communication
5. Culture and religious 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 - correct answer ✔✔ 2. Psychomotor
A nurse has explained the names, doses of medications, as well as side effects and adverse
reactions to the client before the patient is discharged. The nurse asks the client to recall the
information just given and their level of understanding. Which type of education learning has
been practiced?
1. Cognitive
2. Psychomotor
3. Affective
