Nursing NUR408 Exam 2 – Health Education Principles Practice Questions and Answers Study
Guide
Purpose of health education - ✔✔•To provide information, including benefits and risks, to
motivate a positive change in behavior
•To assist the client in making health-related decisions
Health literacy - ✔✔The cognitive & social skills that determine the motivation and ability of
individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways that promote and
maintain good health
Cognitive domain - ✔✔memory, recognition, understanding, reasoning, application, and
problem solving
first step: assess cognitive abilities (health literacy and literacy)
blooms taxonomy
Affective Domain - ✔✔attitude changes and development of value
nurses attitude and values may differ (listen)
Difficult to change deeply rooted attitudes, beliefs, values
support and encourage
Psychomotor Domain - ✔✔neuromuscular coordination and motor skills
Guide
Purpose of health education - ✔✔•To provide information, including benefits and risks, to
motivate a positive change in behavior
•To assist the client in making health-related decisions
Health literacy - ✔✔The cognitive & social skills that determine the motivation and ability of
individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways that promote and
maintain good health
Cognitive domain - ✔✔memory, recognition, understanding, reasoning, application, and
problem solving
first step: assess cognitive abilities (health literacy and literacy)
blooms taxonomy
Affective Domain - ✔✔attitude changes and development of value
nurses attitude and values may differ (listen)
Difficult to change deeply rooted attitudes, beliefs, values
support and encourage
Psychomotor Domain - ✔✔neuromuscular coordination and motor skills
