Patient Education 2026 – Study Guide and Key Concepts
When planning the evaluation of a teaching activity that has the goal of educating a patient and
family about the long-term effects of diabetes, it would be most appropriate for the nurse to
include an opportunity for the patient to?
A. ask questions
B. inject insulin
C. Meet exercise goals
D. prepare a menu - correct answer ✔✔ A
To address administrative concerns about the effectiveness of staff nurses related to patient
education, the nurse manager would first?
A. assign one nurse to teach patients
B. organize patient teaching resources
C. post a teaching outline in the lounge
D. survey nurses about patient teaching - correct answer ✔✔ D
Formal patient education courses or classes would be the most appropriate strategy to?
A. address needs common to a group
B. explain self-directed learning
C. describe nursing interventions
D. respond to questions of a patient's family - correct answer ✔✔ A
self-directed learning is independent learning away from HCP
Interrelated concepts regarding patient attributes and preferences that a nurse would consider
when addressing patient education include?
,A. adherence
B. health promotion
C. quality
D. technology - correct answer ✔✔ A
adherence = sticking to or being faithful to
When a patient tells the nurse about plans to do research about the patient's diagnosis and
potential treatment on the internet, the nurse's most appropriate initial response is to
A. discount the reliability of the internet
B. evaluate the patient's computer competency
C. provide a list of recommended sources
D. teach about evaluation of internet resources - correct answer ✔✔ D
The nurse plans teaching for the adult patients scheduled to be seen in the primary care office
this week. A general goal of patient teaching includes
1. decreased pain
2 health promotion
3 disease identification
3 increased quantity of life - correct answer ✔✔ 2
is a general goal; not a treatment option (looking at just the general goals, not to treat yet)
A 28-year-old female patient is in the contemplation stage of the behavior change model
regarding her tobacco use. The nurse should
1. reinforce the stated need for change
2 reinforce the positive outcomes of change
3 increase the awareness of the need for change
4 help the patient to deal with potential relapses - correct answer ✔✔ 1
, reinforce the reason stated for the change in the contemplation stage for reassurance
Which teaching strategy is most likely to be the nurse's best choice for a person born before
1945?
1. schedule group teaching sessions
2. show video recordings on a television
3 provide printed materials with diagrams
4 download health information to electronic device - correct answer ✔✔ 3
A 51-year-old male patient will need to change a dressing on an open leg wound after discharge.
Which strategy should the nurse use to evaluate if the patient is able to perform the dressing
change?
1 have the patient complete the dressing change on a model
2 ask the patient to write down each step of the dressing change
3 observe the patient completing the dressing change on himself
4 provide printed instructions with pictures of how to do his dressing change - correct answer
✔✔ 3
Seniors at a community center ask the nurse to suggest computer websites where they can
learn more about health. Which website would most likely provide accurate and current health
information?
1 government website (.gov)
2 .com websites
When planning the evaluation of a teaching activity that has the goal of educating a patient and
family about the long-term effects of diabetes, it would be most appropriate for the nurse to
include an opportunity for the patient to?
A. ask questions
B. inject insulin
C. Meet exercise goals
D. prepare a menu - correct answer ✔✔ A
To address administrative concerns about the effectiveness of staff nurses related to patient
education, the nurse manager would first?
A. assign one nurse to teach patients
B. organize patient teaching resources
C. post a teaching outline in the lounge
D. survey nurses about patient teaching - correct answer ✔✔ D
Formal patient education courses or classes would be the most appropriate strategy to?
A. address needs common to a group
B. explain self-directed learning
C. describe nursing interventions
D. respond to questions of a patient's family - correct answer ✔✔ A
self-directed learning is independent learning away from HCP
Interrelated concepts regarding patient attributes and preferences that a nurse would consider
when addressing patient education include?
,A. adherence
B. health promotion
C. quality
D. technology - correct answer ✔✔ A
adherence = sticking to or being faithful to
When a patient tells the nurse about plans to do research about the patient's diagnosis and
potential treatment on the internet, the nurse's most appropriate initial response is to
A. discount the reliability of the internet
B. evaluate the patient's computer competency
C. provide a list of recommended sources
D. teach about evaluation of internet resources - correct answer ✔✔ D
The nurse plans teaching for the adult patients scheduled to be seen in the primary care office
this week. A general goal of patient teaching includes
1. decreased pain
2 health promotion
3 disease identification
3 increased quantity of life - correct answer ✔✔ 2
is a general goal; not a treatment option (looking at just the general goals, not to treat yet)
A 28-year-old female patient is in the contemplation stage of the behavior change model
regarding her tobacco use. The nurse should
1. reinforce the stated need for change
2 reinforce the positive outcomes of change
3 increase the awareness of the need for change
4 help the patient to deal with potential relapses - correct answer ✔✔ 1
, reinforce the reason stated for the change in the contemplation stage for reassurance
Which teaching strategy is most likely to be the nurse's best choice for a person born before
1945?
1. schedule group teaching sessions
2. show video recordings on a television
3 provide printed materials with diagrams
4 download health information to electronic device - correct answer ✔✔ 3
A 51-year-old male patient will need to change a dressing on an open leg wound after discharge.
Which strategy should the nurse use to evaluate if the patient is able to perform the dressing
change?
1 have the patient complete the dressing change on a model
2 ask the patient to write down each step of the dressing change
3 observe the patient completing the dressing change on himself
4 provide printed instructions with pictures of how to do his dressing change - correct answer
✔✔ 3
Seniors at a community center ask the nurse to suggest computer websites where they can
learn more about health. Which website would most likely provide accurate and current health
information?
1 government website (.gov)
2 .com websites
