A client is to be discharged from a nursing home. The nurse ...

[jCorn1234]

A client is to be discharged from a nursing home. The nurse caring for the client has to educate the client regarding the appropriate use of prescribed drugs. Which factor would be most important in promoting learning?
 
  A) Attitude
  B) Motivation
  C) Interest
  D) Grasping power

Question 2

A cancer patient requires supplemental oxygen at home through an oxygen cylinder. The nurse assigned to the patient teaches the patient's brother to administer oxygen from the cylinder at home.
 
  Which of the following is most effective for the nurse to use when evaluating the patient's brother's understanding?
 
  A) Ask questions such as Do you understand?
  B) Ask the patient's brother to demonstrate the procedure.
  C) Ask the patient's brother to document the technique.
  D) Ask the patient's brother questions related to the procedure.

[ladyjames123]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
Motivation is probably the key factor in providing an impetus to the process of patient learning and teaching. Attitude, interest, and grasping power may also help the learning process, but without motivation the patient could be noncompliant to the treatment.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Feedback:
To determine the effectiveness of teaching in this case, the nurse must evaluate the patient's brother's knowledge of the materials presented. This can be done by asking the patient's brother to demonstrate or explain the presented information. The nurse should not ask questions such as Do you understand? as the patient may be uncomfortable admitting a lack of understanding. Asking questions related to the procedure may confuse the person. Asking the patient's brother to document the technique would not provide enough information about whether or not he does understand what to do.

[jCorn1234]

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[ladyjames123]

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