Client Instruction Flashcards
(24 cards)
Who are the primary audiences for teaching in nursing?
Patients/Families, Nurses/Other Hospital Staff, Groups
Patients include those before and after procedures, at admission, and at discharge. Nurses include new staff and educators. Groups may include childbirth or diabetes classes.
What does The Joint Commission require from educators?
Provide education based on assessed needs
They encourage consideration of health literacy, patient’s desire to learn, limitations, and cultural barriers.
What is the first step before teaching?
Assess the need for education.
What are the Five Rights of Teaching?
- Right Time
- Right Context
- Right Goal
- Right Content
- Right Method
These rights ensure effective teaching practices.
What does ‘Right Time’ refer to in the Five Rights of Teaching?
Is the patient free of pain? Do you have enough time? Is the patient ready to learn?
What are the three domains of learning?
- Cognitive skills
- Psychomotor learning
- Affective learning
Define cognitive skills in the context of learning.
Mental activities for processing information, including recalling and applying what was taught.
What is psychomotor learning?
Performing skills that require both mental and physical activity.
What type of learning involves changes in feelings or beliefs?
Affective learning.
What factors affect patient learning?
- Motivation
- Readiness
- Timing
- Active Involvement
- Feedback
- Learning Environment
- Amount and Complexity of Content
- Communication
- Special Populations
- Developmental Stage
What is motivation in the context of learning?
Desire from within that drives the learner.
What does readiness indicate in a learner?
Behaviors that show if the learner is motivated and able to learn.
True or False: Learners remember 90% of what they read.
False.
What are the stages of cognitive development identified by Piaget?
- Preoperational Stage (2-7 years)
- Stage of Concrete Operations (7-11 years)
- Formal Operational Stage (11 years and older)
What characterizes the Preoperational Stage?
Child begins to acquire language skills and find meaning through pictures.
What is a key feature of the Formal Operational Stage?
Ability to use abstract thinking and deductive reasoning.
What factors should be considered for effective education planning?
- Cultural Factors
- Health Literacy
- Patient’s preferred language
- Clarity of medical terminology
What does health literacy refer to?
The capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information.
What is the purpose of planning outcomes in education?
To determine what the patient wants to accomplish.
What should be included in the evaluation of learning?
Effectiveness of the teaching plan.
Fill in the blank: The teaching strategy ‘teach back’ is used in _______.
[performing interventions].
What should be revisited with the patient to provide feedback?
Goals.
Many factors affect patient learning
Exam
Motivation
Readiness
Timing
Active involvement
Feedback
Leading environment
Amount of complexity of content
Communication
Special populations
What do we need to know prior to teaching?
Assess need for education
Assessment health literacy/ knowledge base
Assess clients preferred method of education
