CRITICAL CARE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. A patient is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization this afternoon. The nurse wants to provide her with some
... [Show More] basic information before going in the room to talk about her specific procedure. Which teaching strategy is most appropriate for this situation?
a. Discussion
b. Demonstration and practice
c. Audiovisual media
d. Written
ANS: C
2. A nurse has been progressively working with a patient on the exercises he needs to do at home when he is discharged. The nurse wants to ensure he will remember what to do when he is at home. Which teaching strategy is most appropriate for this situation?
a. Discussion
b. Demonstration and practice
c. Audiovisual media
d. Written
ANS: D
3. What does the first step of the teaching–learning process involve?
a. Gathering data to assist in the assessment of learning needs
b. Identifying major learning needs for the patient
c. Identifying learning needs related to medical diagnosis
d. Evaluating the effects of prior teaching
ANS: A
4. Which educational content area is appropriate during the first hours of hospitalization?
a. Pathophysiology of the admitting diagnosis
b. Dietary modifications
c. Purpose of bedside equipment
d. Medication side effects
ANS: C
5. How should a nurse respond when a patient asks if he or she is going to die?
a. Avoid the question by leaving the room.
b. Defer the question to the physician.
c. Answer honestly and sensitively with information that is understandable and in simple terms.
d. Speak with the family first before answering the patient.
ANS: C
6. Which intervention can support a learning environment in the critical care unit?
a. Providing a variety of caregivers to enhance the availability of different information
b. Allowing frequent uninterrupted rest periods to enhance obtaining structured sleep
c. Providing the patient lists of facts that can enhance understanding of the disease
d. Teaching according to a structured plan to enhance comprehension
ANS: B
7. A patient is admitted to the critical care unit with the onset of tuberculosis. He was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS 1 year ago. When talking to the patient about preventing the spread of tuberculosis, the patient tells the nurse that he has not followed precautions regarding tuberculosis for patients with HIV. Which educational objective is BEST stated for this patient?
a. Patient will know at least two ways to prevent the spread of tuberculosis within 1 week.
b. Patient will understand how HIV is spread within 3 days.
c. Patient will realize that improper precautions will spread his disease to others.
d. Patient will verbalize two methods of transmission for tuberculosis within 2 days.
ANS: D
8. When writing goals and outcomes, what should be incorporated in the outcome statement?
a. An action oriented intervention list
b. An observable verb
c. The objectives for the nurse
d. The length of the education session
ANS: B
9. In which situation are group discussions most effective as a patient teaching strategy?
a. Patients have a variety of medical diagnoses.
b. Patients are in the acute phase of their illness.
c. Patients are in the hospital only 3 days or less.
d. Patients are at similar stages of adaptation.
ANS: D
10. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the need to know and understand information is considered what type of need?
a. High-level
b. Low-level
c. Physiologic
d. Critical
ANS: A
11. The patient is asked to complete an admission form. The patient hands the form to his spouse and asks her to complete the form, stating, “I forgot my glasses.” What might be inferred from the patient’s actions?
a. Patient has functional health literacy.
b. Patient needs a word recognition test.
c. Patient has low health literacy.
d. Patient needs a reading comprehension test.
ANS: C
12. What are the three learning domains to be considered when developing an individualized education plan?
a. Knowledge, ability, and willingness to learn
b. Psychologic, skills, and knowledge
c. Knowledge, skills, and attitude
d. Skills, attitude, and psychologic
ANS: C
13. Information on what topic should be included.in the educational plan of a patient who is
unconscious?
a. Sensations
b. Pathophysiology
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