NUR 336 - Chapter 25: Patient Education - Nursing Test Banks. Questions and Answers. Rationales Provided.

NUR 336 - Chapter 25: Patient Education - Nursing Test Banks. Questions and Answers. Rationales Provided. Chapter 25: Patient Education Chapter 25: Patient Education Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. 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 ANS: D Teach family members to help the patient with health care management (e.g., giving medications through gastric tubes and doing passive range-of-motion exercises) when coping with impaired functions. Not all patients fully recover from illness or injury. Many have to learn to cope with permanent health alterations. Health promotion involves healthy people staying healthy, while illness prevention is prevention of diseases. Restoration of health occurs if the teaching is about a temporary tube feeding, not a permanent tube feeding. DIF:Understand (comprehension)REF:337 OBJ: Identify the purposes of patient education. TOP: Teaching/Learning 10/15/2016 Chapter 25: Patient Education | Nursing Test Banks 2/23 MSC: Basic Care and Comfort 2. A nurse is teaching a group of healthy adults about the bene††ts of ††u 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 ANS: D