Module 1: Concept 1 (Health Promotion)

Choose the nursing statement that would best reflect the final component of the "Ask-Tell-Ask-Close" technique of communication and demonstration.

"Can you repeat for me the information I just reviewed about weighing food portions?"

A nurse is exploring various barriers to adult learning in order to promote and enhance learning readiness and comprehension. Which situation does the nurse recognize as being a potential experiential barrier to learning?

An adult with no formal education

Which step of the nursing process determines whether the client understands the health teaching that is provided?

Evaluation

The nurse is teaching a client with diabetes how to perform checks of blood glucose level. To optimize learning, it is best for the nurse to...

Have the client return demonstrate.

A current trend in health education that significantly influences nursing practice is:

Increased emphasis on patient involvement in their own care.

Which of the following is a nursing diagnosis related to health education?

Ineffective health maintenance

The nurse is providing information to a client about the safe use of a newly prescribed medication. The first question the nurse should ask is

Is the client ready to learn?

Which of the following is an example of adherence to treatment? Select all that apply.

Maintaining a healthy diet Increasing daily activities Taking prescribed medications Self-monitoring for signs and symptoms of illness

When a person works to prevent relapse and to sustain the gains made from actions taken, he or she is in which stage of the Transtheoretical Model of Change?

Maintenance

The nurse is developing a health-promotion program at a company in which many employees are women in their 20s and 30s. For this population, the nurse plans to include information about

Parenting issues

A hospitalized client reports right lower quadrant abdominal pain at a level of 8 on a 0 to 10 scale. The client is scheduled for an appendectomy. The nurse is teaching the client about use of the incentive spirometer postoperatively verbally and by demonstration. The client is on his side, clutching his abdomen. Learning is not occurring. The nurse has primarily failed to consider the client's

Physical readiness

The nurse develops a program of increased ambulation for a patient with an orthopedic disorder. This is an example of what component of the nursing process?

Planning

Which phase of the nursing process encompasses the establishment of expected outcomes?

Planning

The home health nurse reviews a medication administration calendar with an elderly patient. In order to consider sensory changes that occur with aging, how should the nurse proceed?

Print directions in large, bold type, preferably using black ink.

The school nurse informs the mother of a second-grade student that lice were found in the child's hair. The mother explains to the nurse that she has another child to pick up and cannot stay to receive education related to the treatment of lice at this time. The mother reassures the nurse that she will "look up treatment options on the Internet and take care of the child." What would be the best action of the school nurse in this situation?

Provide the mother with a list of credible websites related to the treatment of lice

The nurse is preparing to teach a client about a newly prescribed medication. The client lacks insurance. The medication costs approximately $100 per month. The client states, "I can't afford it." The nurse assesses a variable to successful education and health promotion for this client based on the Health Belief Model is

Resources

A school nurse is developing a program about positive health practices for adolescents. The nurse includes information about

Self-esteem

A nurse is planning discharge instructions for a client from another culture. What does the nurse understand about the relationship of values and beliefs and the client's readiness to learn?

The client will be less likely to accept health education unless values and beliefs are respected.

The nurse is planning a health education program for a group of high school students regarding the dangers of texting and driving. Which action by the nurse illustrates the nurse's understanding of health education as a primary nursing responsibility?

The nurse gathers evidenced-based information related to texting and driving and coordinates the education with the school nurse.

Which action would be incorporated in a teaching strategy for a hearing-impaired client?

Use of slow, directed, and deliberate speech