Patient Education questions well
answered graded A+
When would the nurse assess the patient's health literacy? - correct answer ✔✔ During each
patient interaction
Which patient behaviors could indicate low health literacy? - correct answer ✔✔ -Wants to wait
for family before signing consent form
-Has laboratory results that do not support the patient's prescribed treatment plan
-Refers to medications by the color of the pill
-Frequently misses follow-up appointments
Which question would be most appropriate for the nurse to ask when trying to gauge the
patient's current knowledge of health care needs? - correct answer ✔✔ "Which medications do
you take for your high blood pressure?"
Which descriptors are accurate for an appropriately written patient education goal? - correct
answer ✔✔ Specific
Patient-centered
Measurable
Individualized
A patient in the emergency department with known supraventricular tachycardia starts
experiencing shortness of breath and is no longer tolerating the dysrhythmia. Which teaching
approach is most likely to be used when informing the patient about the need for
cardioversion? - correct answer ✔✔ Telling
, -Patient is given opportunity to manage personal care
-Patient and nurse are both involved in the learning process
-Nurse presents direct, clear, and precise information to the patient
-Nurse provides a stimulus that produces a desired response - correct answer ✔✔ Entrusting
Participating
Telling
Reinforcing
Which environmental factors are important to consider before providing patient education? -
correct answer ✔✔ Space
Privacy
Noise
Comfort
Which approaches have been shown to improve the understanding of difficult information? -
correct answer ✔✔ -Use simple words.
-Limit information to what is most important.
-Use simple pictures and drawings when able.
-Present the information using bullet points.
Which questions by the nurse would be effective for verifying that the patient has learned the
information? - correct answer ✔✔ -"Can you tell me three signs of heart failure?"
-"When will you visit your primary health care provider next after you are discharged?"
"Can you explain when you will take this medication at home?"
Which cue is an example of physiologic evidence indicating that a patient newly diagnosed with
diabetes may not have understood the discharge education clearly? - correct answer ✔✔ -
Consistently elevated blood glucose levels
answered graded A+
When would the nurse assess the patient's health literacy? - correct answer ✔✔ During each
patient interaction
Which patient behaviors could indicate low health literacy? - correct answer ✔✔ -Wants to wait
for family before signing consent form
-Has laboratory results that do not support the patient's prescribed treatment plan
-Refers to medications by the color of the pill
-Frequently misses follow-up appointments
Which question would be most appropriate for the nurse to ask when trying to gauge the
patient's current knowledge of health care needs? - correct answer ✔✔ "Which medications do
you take for your high blood pressure?"
Which descriptors are accurate for an appropriately written patient education goal? - correct
answer ✔✔ Specific
Patient-centered
Measurable
Individualized
A patient in the emergency department with known supraventricular tachycardia starts
experiencing shortness of breath and is no longer tolerating the dysrhythmia. Which teaching
approach is most likely to be used when informing the patient about the need for
cardioversion? - correct answer ✔✔ Telling
, -Patient is given opportunity to manage personal care
-Patient and nurse are both involved in the learning process
-Nurse presents direct, clear, and precise information to the patient
-Nurse provides a stimulus that produces a desired response - correct answer ✔✔ Entrusting
Participating
Telling
Reinforcing
Which environmental factors are important to consider before providing patient education? -
correct answer ✔✔ Space
Privacy
Noise
Comfort
Which approaches have been shown to improve the understanding of difficult information? -
correct answer ✔✔ -Use simple words.
-Limit information to what is most important.
-Use simple pictures and drawings when able.
-Present the information using bullet points.
Which questions by the nurse would be effective for verifying that the patient has learned the
information? - correct answer ✔✔ -"Can you tell me three signs of heart failure?"
-"When will you visit your primary health care provider next after you are discharged?"
"Can you explain when you will take this medication at home?"
Which cue is an example of physiologic evidence indicating that a patient newly diagnosed with
diabetes may not have understood the discharge education clearly? - correct answer ✔✔ -
Consistently elevated blood glucose levels
