FON Chapter 25 – Patient Education (Practice Exam) 2026 – Study Guide and
Practice Questions
D. Coping with impaired functions - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is teaching a patient's family
member about permanent tube feedings at home. Which purpose of patient education is the
nurse meeting?
A. Health promotion
B. Illness prevention
C. Restoration of health
D. Coping with impaired functions
D. Promotion of health and illness prevention - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is teaching a group
of healthy adults about the benefits of flu immunizations. Which type of patient education is
the nurse providing?
A. Health analogies
B. Restoration of health
C. Coping with impaired functions
D. Promotion of health and illness prevention
D. Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse's
goal is to provide teaching for restoration of health. Which situation indicates the nurse is
meeting this goal?
A. Teaching a family member to provide passive range of motion for a stroke patient
B. Teaching a woman who recently had a hysterectomy about possible adoption
C. Teaching expectant parents about changes in childbearing women
D. Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches
, C. "Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner's needs." - correct answer ✔✔ A
nurse attends a seminar on teaching/learning. Which statement indicates the nurse has a good
understanding of teaching/learning?
A. "Teaching and learning can be separated."
B. "Learning is an interactive process that promotes teaching."
C. "Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner's needs."
D. "Learning consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions designed to help the teacher."
B. A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin. - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is determining if
teaching is effective. Which finding best indicates learning has occurred?
A. A nurse presents information about diabetes.
B. A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin.
C. A family member listens to a lecture on diabetes.
D. A primary care provider hands a diabetes pamphlet to the patient.
A. If you still do not understand, ask again. - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is teaching a patient
about the Speak Up Initiatives. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching
session?
A. If you still do not understand, ask again.
B. Ask a nurse to be your advocate or supporter.
C. The nurse is the center of the health care team.
D. Inappropriate medical tests are the most common mistakes.
D. The patient stating that eating yogurt is better than eating cake - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse
teaches a patient with heart failure healthy food choices. The patient states that eating yogurt is
better than eating cake. Which element represents feedback?
A. The nurse
B. The patient
Practice Questions
D. Coping with impaired functions - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is teaching a patient's family
member about permanent tube feedings at home. Which purpose of patient education is the
nurse meeting?
A. Health promotion
B. Illness prevention
C. Restoration of health
D. Coping with impaired functions
D. Promotion of health and illness prevention - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is teaching a group
of healthy adults about the benefits of flu immunizations. Which type of patient education is
the nurse providing?
A. Health analogies
B. Restoration of health
C. Coping with impaired functions
D. Promotion of health and illness prevention
D. Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse's
goal is to provide teaching for restoration of health. Which situation indicates the nurse is
meeting this goal?
A. Teaching a family member to provide passive range of motion for a stroke patient
B. Teaching a woman who recently had a hysterectomy about possible adoption
C. Teaching expectant parents about changes in childbearing women
D. Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches
, C. "Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner's needs." - correct answer ✔✔ A
nurse attends a seminar on teaching/learning. Which statement indicates the nurse has a good
understanding of teaching/learning?
A. "Teaching and learning can be separated."
B. "Learning is an interactive process that promotes teaching."
C. "Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner's needs."
D. "Learning consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions designed to help the teacher."
B. A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin. - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is determining if
teaching is effective. Which finding best indicates learning has occurred?
A. A nurse presents information about diabetes.
B. A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin.
C. A family member listens to a lecture on diabetes.
D. A primary care provider hands a diabetes pamphlet to the patient.
A. If you still do not understand, ask again. - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is teaching a patient
about the Speak Up Initiatives. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching
session?
A. If you still do not understand, ask again.
B. Ask a nurse to be your advocate or supporter.
C. The nurse is the center of the health care team.
D. Inappropriate medical tests are the most common mistakes.
D. The patient stating that eating yogurt is better than eating cake - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse
teaches a patient with heart failure healthy food choices. The patient states that eating yogurt is
better than eating cake. Which element represents feedback?
A. The nurse
B. The patient
