Chapter 8 Client Teaching

Chapter 8  Client Teaching

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The nurse is preparing a teaching-learning session on diabetes. The BEST description of this activity is:
a.
an interaction between teacher and student
b.
a planned interaction promoting behavior change unrelated to maturation or coincidence
c.
a student completion of activities assigned by a teacher
d.
an exchange of information between teacher and student

ANS: B
The teaching-learning process is a planned interaction promoting behavioral change that does not occur as the result of maturation or coincidence. The teaching-learning process is similar to the nursing process because it involves assessment, identification of learning needs (nursing diagnoses), planning, implementation of teaching strategies, and evaluation of learner progress and teaching proficiency.

PTS: 1 DIF: Comprehension REF: White (2010)

2. Which of these phrases BEST describes learning?
a.
absorbing facts and concepts
b.
sharing information with others
c.
behavior change resulting from assimilation of information
d.
acquisition of knowledge

ANS: C
Learning is a process whereby an individual integrates information that results in a behavioral change.

PTS: 1 DIF: Knowledge REF: White (2010)

3. The nurse is initiating client teaching. The nurse is aware that the primary focus is placed on:
a.
the client’s ability to practice healthy behaviors
b.
the improvement of the nurse-client relationship
c.
the client’s satisfaction with health care team personnel
d.
the strengthening of the nurse’s skill set

ANS: A
The sharing of information between individuals, using goal-directed activities to promote behavioral change as a result of learning, is known as teaching. The role of the nurse as teacher is to bridge the gap between what a client knows and what the client needs to know to achieve optimal health.

PTS: 1 DIF: Comprehension REF: White (2010)

4. The nurse is performing a planned, goal-directed education related to a specific topic. This is an example of:
a.
formal teaching
c.
kinesthetic teaching
b.
informal teaching
d.
learning

ANS: A
Formal teaching is planned and goal-directed, requiring the teacher to prepare for the experience by obtaining necessary information needed by learners and by planning learning activities related to the topic. The learner may be one individual or a group of learners who have the same learning need.

PTS: 1 DIF: Comprehension REF: White (2010)

5. A nurse plans a diabetes education program that will be repeated quarterly for a group of clients who are diabetic. When preparing this educational program, the nurse acknowledges that this is considered:
a.
formal teaching
c.
kinesthetic teaching
b.
informal teaching
d.
learning

ANS: A
Formal teaching is planned and goal-directed, requiring the teacher to prepare for the experience by obtaining necessary information needed by learners and by planning learning activities related to the topic. The learner may be one individual or a group of learners who have the same learning need.

PTS: 1 DIF: Application REF: White (2010)