Nursing Communication and Health Education: Strategies and Best Practices, Lecture notes of Financial Accounting

Download Nursing Communication and Health Education: Strategies and Best Practices and more Lecture notes Financial Accounting in PDF only on Docsity! NR222 STUDY GUIDE 1 The nurse incorporates cultural considerations into the health teaching plan by: Assessing aperson's beliefs 2 The communication of health information in a manner which is clear and understandable to the client is known as: Health literacy 3 Nurses have a responsibility to ensure health literacy when providing health education. What are some strategies that nurses can use to promote health literacy?Speak clearly and distinctly.  Face the person when speaking.  Conclude with a summary of key points 4 The nurse utilizes strategies associated with client-centered communication by doing which of the following?  Not being "too busy" to talk  Developing mutual understanding  Using a conversational interviewing style  Tuning in to the client's preferences and style 5 What are some ethical standards that nurses can utilize for interpersonal communications? Communicate information accurately. Be sensitive to gender and cultural context.  Communicate verbal and nonverbal messages in a congruent manner 6 Which of the following scenarios best describes a nurse using metacommunication?  Understanding that an individual needs a break before proceeding 7 The nurse is teaching a class to students of pediatric nursing on comparing the concepts of growth and development. Which statement most accurately represents these concepts? Development is a gradual change that includes advances in skills. 8 A nurse is attending a continuing education program about growth and development. Why is it necessary that nurses are well educated about this content? Can deliver anticipatory guidance to families  Have a better understanding of genetics and genomics  Can provide more effective health education 9 The school nurse is working on a campaign in the school to prevent adolescent pregnancies. Which of the following interventions should the nurse implement?  Talk to teenagers about sex, including abstinence, contraception, and sexually transmitted diseases.  10 Which of the following is the third leading cause of death in adolescents between 10 and 24 years of age?  Suicide 11 The nurse is preparing an educational activity for adolescents. The primary reason that emphasis is placed on teaching testicular self-examination is because: testicular cancer is thenumber one cancer in the adolescent male. Question 12 A nurse is planning a community health education program for young adults. Which of the following considerations should be made by the nurse?  The number one cause of death for young adults is injury 13 According to Healthy People 2020, the leading causes of death among children and young adults are due to injuries from which of the following?  Motor Vehicle Crashes 14 Taking into account all of the agents that affect middle-age adults, the nurse plans a health education workshop focused on developing an individualized lifestyle change program for each participant. Which of the following actions should the nurse stress that individuals take first? Scheduling a complete physical and dental exam 15 A nurse is conducting a community education program about cognition in older adults. Which of the following information should be included?  Assessment for dementia should be part of routine physical exams. 16 A nurse is assessing the home environment of a toddler. Which of the following poses the greatest and most immediate risk to the child? An entertainment center with the remotecontrol on the top shelf 17 A nurse is determining if teaching is effective. Which finding best indicates learning has occurred? A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin. 18 A patient has heart failure and kidney failure. The patient needs teaching about dialysis. Which nursing action is most appropriate for assessing this patient’s learning needs?  Assess the patient’s health literacy 19 A nurse is teaching an older-adult patient about strokes. Which teaching technique is most appropriate for the nurse to use?  Provide specific information about strokes in short, small amounts. 20 A patient who is going to surgery has been taught how to cough and deep breathe. Which evaluation method will the nurse use?  Return demonstration 21 A nurse is assessing the ability to learn of a patient who has recently experienced a stroke. Which question/statement will best assess the patient’s ability to learn?  “What do you want to know about strokes?” “On a scale from 1 to 10, tell me where you rank your desire to learn.” 22 The referent in the communication process is: That which motivates the communication 23 The nurse works with pediatric patients who have Diabetes. Which is the youngest age group to which the nurse can effectively teach psychomotor skills such as insulin administer? School age 24 Demonstration of the principles of body mechanics used when transferring patients from bed to chair would be classified under which domain of learning?  psychomotor 25 According to Erikson, the developmental task of adolescence Identity vs. role confusion 26 According to Erikson's developmental theory, the primary developmental task if the middle years us to:  Achieve intimacy