Author Question: A patient with newly diagnosed diabetes is being discharged from the hospital. The patient will be ... (Read 66 times)

jc611 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A patient with newly diagnosed diabetes is being discharged from the hospital. The patient will be going to an outpatient diabetic center to learn more about diet, exercise, disease management, and insulin administration.

Which statement made by the patient indicates that effective teaching can take place? a. I don't want to get sick again so I will do what is needed.
b. I am so happy to be going home so I don't have to eat hospital food anymore.
c. I will be glad when they find a cure for diabetes.
d. I don't think I will need to take insulin for very long because I already feel bet-ter.

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a patient who is to be discharged with a prescription for eye drops. The nurse knows that the patient understands how to administer eye drops correctly when the patient states that eye drops should be instilled on the:

a. sclera.
b. cornea.
c. conjunctival sac.
d. area between the iris and lower eyelid.

leahm14 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Generally teaching and learning begin when a person identifies a need for knowing or acquiring an ability to do something. Focusing on hospital food, finding a cure, and not taking medications because feeling better indicate the patient is not motivated to learn at this time.

Answer to Question 2

C
With the dominant hand resting on the patient's forehead, hold a filled medication eye dropper or ophthalmic solution approximately 1 to 2 cm ( to inch) above the conjunctival sac. Drop the prescribed number of medication drops into the conjunctival sac. Avoid instilling any form of eye medication directly onto the cornea. The cornea of the eye has many pain fibers and is thus very sensitive to anything applied to it. Place intraocular disks in the conjunctival sac so that it floats on the sclera between the iris and lower eyelid