CHAPTER 19: TEACHING AND LEARNING (NCLEX
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
RATIONALE GRADED A+
Why is patient education important in today's healthcare environment?
Which word best describes the nurse's role when functioning as a teacher?
Which is the best intervention by the nurse that will support this patient's learning?
Which best describes a patient with an external locus of control? Select all that apply.
Which behavior identified by the nurse indicates the highest level of learning in the
psychomotor domain?
When teaching students about how to provide culturally sensitive care to a diverse
group of patients, which teaching strategy should the nurse use?
What is the primary reason why nurses attend continuing education programs?
What are some ways that the nurse may reinforce patient teaching? Select all that
apply.
To be most effective, at what grade reading level should the nurse prepare
The unit secretary tells the nurse that the practitioner has just ordered a low-calorie diet
for a patient who is overweight. Place these nursing interventions in the order in which
they should be implemented.
The nurse working in a hospital with a diverse population strives to offer culturally
sensitive care. What nursing action would be most appropriate?
The nurse providing discharge teaching to a patient whose primary language is not
English would most likely use which teaching strategies? Select all that apply.
The nurse is teaching a patient newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus about
how to best manage his blood sugar. Which outcome in the patient's plan of care is
associated with the cognitive domain of learning? The patient:
How might the nurse improve patients' health literacy when communicating with
healthcare providers?
greatest impact on the patient's future success with learning?
Every person who attended a smoking cessation educational program completed a
questionnaire. What is this type of evaluation called?
educational medical material?
During family therapy, to improve communication skills the nurse teaches family
members to rehearse responses to situations involving interpersonal conflict. What is
the primary drawback of using this teaching strategy?
diagnosed illness. Which psychosocial response to the illness will have the
A teaching-learning concept basic to all teaching plans is to present content from the:
A school nurse is teaching a class of adolescents about avoiding smoking and includes
role-playing as a creative learning activity. What is the primary reason for using role-
playing?
A patient is readmitted to the hospital because of complications resulting from
nonadherence to the prescribed health-care regimen. What should the nurse do first?
A patient asks the nurse, "What does 96 indicate when my blood pressure is 140 over
96?" What is the best response by the nurse?
A nursing instructor is evaluating a student nurse's knowledge. Which student behavior
indicates that learning has occurred in the highest level of learning in the cognitive
domain?
