Patients have difficulty in meeting treatment goals for which of ...

[lracut11]

Patients have difficulty in meeting treatment goals for which of the following reasons: (Select all that apply.)
 
  1. Lack of understanding of the goals.
  2. Incongruity between patient and nursing goals.
  3. Compliance with all aspects of the treatment plan.
  4. Limited financial resources.

Question 2

There are three patients in the class you are teaching about insulin injections. Two of the patients have demonstrated the ability to draw up and inject the insulin correctly.
 
  One patient has prob-lems drawing up the insulin and injecting the medication after it is in the syringe. What could you do next to meet this patient's learning needs? 1. Teach a family member to do the injections.
  2. Teach each activity separately on different days.
  3. Show the patient a film on giving injections.
  4. Let the patient read about each activity, then do the procedures together.

[Ptupou85]

Answer to Question 1

1, 2, 4
Some reasons patients have difficulty in meeting treatment goals are lack of understanding, dif-ferent beliefs about treatment, different goals for treatment, and financial and time limitations.

Answer to Question 2

3
Different teaching skills may be needed at different times for the same patient.
Teaching should be carried out in small amounts over several meetings.

[lracut11]

TYSM

[jackie]

Great answer, keep it coming