PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
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1) Characterizing - ANSWER Action and response with a consistent value system
2) Characterizing - ANSWER Acting and responding with a consistent value system;
requires introspection and self-examination of one's own values in relation to an
ethical issue or particular experience
3) Psychomotor learning includes - ANSWER perception, set, guided response,
mechanism, complex overt response, adaption, origination
4) Perception - ANSWER The act of becoming aware through the senses
5) Set - ANSWER A readiness to take a particular action
6) Guided response - ANSWER The performance of an act under the guidance of an
instructor involving imitation of a demonstrated act
7) Mechanism - ANSWER A higher level of behavior by which a person gains
confidence and skill
,8) Complex overt response - ANSWER Smoothly and accurately performing a motor
skill that requires a complex movement pattern
9) Adaptation - ANSWER inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance
of survival OR the ability to change motor responses when unexpected problems
occur
10) Origination - ANSWER Use of existing motor skills and abilities to perform a
highly complex motor act that involves creating new movement patterns
11) Learning environment - ANSWER Patient education takes place in a variety of
settings - patient's homes, community centers, classrooms and hospital rooms
12) Ability to learn depends on - ANSWER -emotional/physical health
-education
-stage of development
-previous knowledge
13) Emotional capability - ANSWER a person's ability to deal with emotions involved
in a behavior change - when learning, mild anxiety can help a person focus, however,
high levels of anxiety can be incapacitating
14) Intellectual capability when learning - ANSWER nurses must assess a patients
knowledge and intellectual level
15) Physical capabilities when learning - ANSWER nurses must assess a patients
physical abilities
16) Developmental stage when learning - ANSWER age and stage of development can
affect the ability to learn
17) Motivation to learn - ANSWER person's desire/ willingness to learn - will
influence a person's behavior and if the person is not ready or does not want to learn,
it is unlikely they will learn
, 18) Social motives - ANSWER learned motives acquired as part of growing up in a
particular society or culture/reflect the need for connection, social approval or self
esteem
19) Task mastery motives - ANSWER are driven by a desire for achievement
20) Physical motives - ANSWER come from a desire to maintain and improve health
21) Difference between nursing and teaching process? - ANSWER the nursing process
requires assessment of all data and the teaching process focuses on the patient's
learning needs and ability to learn
22) Teaching assessment nursing - ANSWER Nurses need to assess all factors that
influence content, ability to learn, and resources available .
23) Learning needs - ANSWER gaps in knowledge that exist between a desired level
of performance and the actual level of performance - most patients can identify at
least some of their own learning needs & effective questioning is important
24) Ability to learn - ANSWER depends on physical and cognitive abilities,
developmental level, physical wellness, thought processes and can be impaired by
many factors
25) motivation to learn - ANSWER the tendency to find academic activities
meaningful and worthwhile and to try to benefit from them - the nurse asks questions
to determine the patient's motivation
26) Teaching environment - ANSWER - distractions or persistent noise
- comfort of the room
- room facilities and available equipment - nurses need to assess these
27) Resources for learning - ANSWER - willingness to have family members and
others involved in the teaching plan