A nurse is directing a patient to information on the Internet and ...

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A nurse is directing a patient to information on the Internet and recommends the site Health on the Net (HON). The nurse explains that this site
 
  a. evaluates the reliability of Internet health information.
  b. presents a variety of health care topics written for lay people.
  c. is a telehealth site with online health care consultations.
  d. uses a program to determine the reading level of text.

Question 2

A patient has been attending an outpatient diabetes education group. On assessing the patient after several sessions, the nurse determines that the patient's knowledge is far below what the diabetic educator expects.
 
  The patient states, I can't stand that group All that talk mixes me up. The nurse concludes the most likely reason for this response is that the patient a. is not an auditory learner and is frustrated.
  b. should give the group experience more time.
  c. really does not like the people in the group.
  d. would respond better to personal discussion.

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Answer to Question 1

A
HON is the gold standard site for investigating the reliability of health information found on the Internet.
HON does not contain health information of its own but rather evaluates other websites for reliability.
HON is not a telehealth site where people can obtain health care consultations.
There are computer programs and websites that can determine the reading level of various materials, but HON is not one of them.

Answer to Question 2

A
There are three predominant learning styles: visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic. If discussion is frustrating and confusing, the patient is probably not an auditory learner, and teaching techniques need to be adjusted.
The patient has already been to several sessions and remains unhappy with the experience, so giving the group experience more time is not a good choice.
Whether or not the patient likes the other people in the group is not highly relevant. It would be more reasonable to assess the patient's learning style.
If the patient is not an auditory learner, even one-on-one discussions will not be the best learning experience. It would be better to reason that the learning style is the issue and conduct further assessments.