Chapter 25: Patient Education 2026 – Study Guide and Review
Questions
Patient Education - correct answer ✔✔ One of the most important roles for a nurse in any
health care setting. Creating a well-designed, comprehensive teaching plan that fits a patient's
unique learning needs reduces health care costs, improves the quality of care, and ultimately
changes behaviors to improve patient outcomes. Ultimately this helps patients make informed
decisions about their care and become healthier and more independent.
What should a nurse remember about patient teaching? - correct answer ✔✔ All state Nurse
Practice Acts recognize that patient teaching falls within the scope of nursing practice
The Joint Commission sets standards for patient and family education. What are they? - correct
answer ✔✔ Require nurses and the health care team to assess patients' learning needs and
provide education about many topics, including medications, nutrition, the use of medical
equipment, pain, and the patient's plan of care. Successful accomplishment of the standards
requires collaboration among health care professionals and enhances patient safety.
Educational efforts should be patient-centered by taking into consideration patients' own
education and experience, their desire to actively participate in the educational process, and
their psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural values. It is important to document evidence of
successful patient education in patients' medical records.
Purposes of Patient Education - correct answer ✔✔ The goal of educating others about their
health is to help individuals, families, or communities achieve optimal levels of health. To do so,
you need to keep a Maintenance and Promotion of Health and Illness Prevention, have
Restoration of Health, and know how to Cope with Impaired Functions.
Maintenance and Promotion of Health and Illness Prevention - correct answer ✔✔ Promoting
healthy behavior through education allows patients to assume more responsibility for their
health.
, Restoration of Health - correct answer ✔✔ Injured or ill patients need information and skills to
help them regain or maintain their levels of health. Patients recovering from and adapting to
changes resulting from illness or injury often seek information about their condition.
Coping with Impaired Functions - correct answer ✔✔ Patient who may have to learn to cope
with permanent health alterations. New knowledge and skills are often necessary for patients to
continue activities of daily living.
Teaching - correct answer ✔✔ An interactive process that promotes learning. It consists of a
conscious, deliberate set of actions that help individuals gain new knowledge, change attitudes,
adopt new behaviors, or perform new skills
Learning - correct answer ✔✔ Purposeful acquisition of new knowledge, attitudes, behaviors,
and skills.
What should a nurse always remember when it comes to teaching and learning? - correct
answer ✔✔ Nurses have an ethical responsibility to teach their patients. Patients have the right
to make informed decisions about their care.
What is SPEAK UP? - correct answer ✔✔ - Speak up if you have a question or concern.
- Pay attention to the care you get.
- Educate yourself about your illness.
- Ask a trusted family member or friend to be your advocate.
- Know which medicines you take and why.
- Use a health care organization that has been carefully evaluated.
- Participate in all decisions about your treatment.
What does SPEAK UP do for the patient? - correct answer ✔✔ Helps patients understand their
rights when receiving medical care.
Questions
Patient Education - correct answer ✔✔ One of the most important roles for a nurse in any
health care setting. Creating a well-designed, comprehensive teaching plan that fits a patient's
unique learning needs reduces health care costs, improves the quality of care, and ultimately
changes behaviors to improve patient outcomes. Ultimately this helps patients make informed
decisions about their care and become healthier and more independent.
What should a nurse remember about patient teaching? - correct answer ✔✔ All state Nurse
Practice Acts recognize that patient teaching falls within the scope of nursing practice
The Joint Commission sets standards for patient and family education. What are they? - correct
answer ✔✔ Require nurses and the health care team to assess patients' learning needs and
provide education about many topics, including medications, nutrition, the use of medical
equipment, pain, and the patient's plan of care. Successful accomplishment of the standards
requires collaboration among health care professionals and enhances patient safety.
Educational efforts should be patient-centered by taking into consideration patients' own
education and experience, their desire to actively participate in the educational process, and
their psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural values. It is important to document evidence of
successful patient education in patients' medical records.
Purposes of Patient Education - correct answer ✔✔ The goal of educating others about their
health is to help individuals, families, or communities achieve optimal levels of health. To do so,
you need to keep a Maintenance and Promotion of Health and Illness Prevention, have
Restoration of Health, and know how to Cope with Impaired Functions.
Maintenance and Promotion of Health and Illness Prevention - correct answer ✔✔ Promoting
healthy behavior through education allows patients to assume more responsibility for their
health.
, Restoration of Health - correct answer ✔✔ Injured or ill patients need information and skills to
help them regain or maintain their levels of health. Patients recovering from and adapting to
changes resulting from illness or injury often seek information about their condition.
Coping with Impaired Functions - correct answer ✔✔ Patient who may have to learn to cope
with permanent health alterations. New knowledge and skills are often necessary for patients to
continue activities of daily living.
Teaching - correct answer ✔✔ An interactive process that promotes learning. It consists of a
conscious, deliberate set of actions that help individuals gain new knowledge, change attitudes,
adopt new behaviors, or perform new skills
Learning - correct answer ✔✔ Purposeful acquisition of new knowledge, attitudes, behaviors,
and skills.
What should a nurse always remember when it comes to teaching and learning? - correct
answer ✔✔ Nurses have an ethical responsibility to teach their patients. Patients have the right
to make informed decisions about their care.
What is SPEAK UP? - correct answer ✔✔ - Speak up if you have a question or concern.
- Pay attention to the care you get.
- Educate yourself about your illness.
- Ask a trusted family member or friend to be your advocate.
- Know which medicines you take and why.
- Use a health care organization that has been carefully evaluated.
- Participate in all decisions about your treatment.
What does SPEAK UP do for the patient? - correct answer ✔✔ Helps patients understand their
rights when receiving medical care.
