Chapter 25: Patient Education
Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nurse is teaching a patient’s family
... [Show More] member about permanent tube feedings at home. Which purpose of patient education is the nurse meeting? a. Health promotion
b. Illness prevention
c. Restoration of health
d. Coping with impaired functions
ANS: D
Teach family members to help the patient with health care management (e.g., giving medications through gastric tubes and doing passive range-of-motion exercises) when coping with impaired functions. Not all patients fully recover from illness or injury. Many have to learn to cope with permanent health alterations. Health promotion involves healthy people staying healthy, while illness prevention is prevention of diseases. Restoration of health occurs if the teaching is about a temporary tube feeding, not a permanent tube feeding.
DIF: Understand (comprehension) REF: 337
OBJ: Identify the purposes of patient education. TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Basic Care and Comfort
2. A nurse is teaching a group of healthy adults about the benefits of flu immunizations. Which type of patient education is the nurse providing? a. Health analogies
b. Restoration of health
c. Coping with impaired functions
d. Promotion of health and illness prevention
ANS: D
As a nurse, you are a visible, competent resource for patients who want to improve their physical and psychological well-being. In the school, home, clinic, or workplace, you promote health and prevent illness by providing information and skills that enable patients to assume healthier behaviors. Injured and ill patients need information and skills to help them regain or maintain their level of health; this is referred to as restoration of health. Not all patients fully recover from illness or injury. Many have to learn to cope with permanent health alterations; this is known as coping with impaired functions. Analogies supplement verbal instruction with familiar images that make complex information more real and understandable. For example, when explaining arterial blood pressure, use an analogy of the flow of water through a hose.
DIF: Apply (application) REF: 337
OBJ: Identify the purposes of patient education. TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance [Show Less]