An 8-year-old boy has been diagnosed with diabetes. A nurse is ...

[maychende]

An 8-year-old boy has been diagnosed with diabetes. A nurse is teaching his mother how to plan meals that are appropriate for him. The nurse asks the mother to put together a 24-hour meal plan for her son and then reviews the plan with her.
 
  What type of teaching method did the nurse use? a. Simulation
  b. Role-play
  c. Analogy
  d. Demonstration

Question 2

A registered nurse in a rehabilitative unit is working with a veteran with chronic back pain that was caused as a result of an injury received while in military service in Iraq.
 
  The nurse's goal is to assist the veteran to learn self-management skills to help promote health. Which statement by the nurse will best support this goal? a. Do you have plans to return to active duty?
  b. You need to take your pain medication as prescribed.
  c. Perhaps you need to consider going to a different health care provider.
  d. Why don't you keep a log of what causes the pain to become worse?

[hanadaa]

Answer to Question 1

A
Simulation is a useful technique for teaching problem solving, application, and independent thinking. During individual or group discussion, the nurse presents a problem or situation pertaining to the patients' learning for patients to solve. During role-play, your patients play themselves or someone else in the situation. Analogies add to verbal instruction by providing familiar images that make complex information more real and understandable. Demonstrations are useful methods for teaching psychomotor skills.

Answer to Question 2

D
Self-management involves learning about responses to illnesses through daily life experiences and as a result of trial and error. Plans to return to active duty and going to a different health care provider do not focus on responses to the illness (chronic back pain). Just focusing on taking pain medication does not focus on the goal of self-management skills.

[maychende]

Excellent

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