principles of health education exam 1

Which of the following statements BEST describes a health-oriented approach to patient education?

An approach that emphasizes the promotion of overall health and wellness through patient empowerment.

The primary goal of patient education is to

To prepare patients for self-care.

What components are required for informed consent?

Competence, Disclosure of information, Comprehension, and Voluntariness.

The health education team at a local hospital launched a new class about yoga and meditation. After comparing the expenses to run the class to the income received from participants' sign-up fees, the class resulted in an overall profit for the organization. Which financial concept does this represent?

Revenue generation

When providing patient education, which of the following strategies is appropriate for the health professional implement?

Assessing patient and/or family learning needs prior to providing education.

When creating a support group for cancer survivors, the health professional chooses a Humanistic Learning Theory approach. Applying principles of this theory would involve

Listening to clients share feelings about their cancer journeys.

3 multiple choice options

Which type of motor learning variable influences learning before the student begins to attempt the skill, and includes things like attention, motivation, and goal-setting?

Prepractice

According to Behaviorist Learning Theory, how can a behavior be decreased?

Punishment and non-reinforcement

A client recovering from a knee replacement surgery begins physical therapy sessions. Therapy is painful for his knee at first, but as his knee gets stronger, the exercises are no longer painful. However, the client says to the physical therapist: "I know my knee is almost healed, but every time I smell the air freshener in the lobby, my knee starts to hurt

again!" According to respondent conditioning, the scent of the lobby air freshener now represents which of the following for the client?

Conditioned Stimulus

The time when the learner demonstrates an interest in learning the information necessary to maintain optimal health, to attain greater functional independence, or to become more skillful in a job is known as

Readiness to Learn

An educator is working with a learner who considers herself a field-dependent learner. Which of the following would the educator expect this learner to value?

Grades and comments from her instructor.

A nurse is caring for a patient who was admitted to the hospital for high blood sugar from diabetes. The nurse is educating the patient about lifestyle changes to help control her blood sugar. During the educational session, the patient interrupts, stating "There is no way I can make all of these changes in my life! There's way too many." Which of the following obstacles to learning is the patient exhibiting?

Extent of needed behavior changes.

Healthcare that is respectful of, and responsive to, the preferences, needs, and values of patients is referred to as

Patient-centered care

Which statement about learning is FALSE?

Learning only occurs as a result of deliberate educational interventions by a teacher.

2 multiple choice options

In 1986, it became illegal for hospitals in the US to deny emergency evaluation and treatment to patients based on their ability to pay. Which ethical principle does this legislation uphold?

Justice

The term 'teachable moment' refers to

The point in time when the learner is most receptive to learning.

Gestalt perspective, or the idea that each person perceives, interprets, and responds to situations in their own way, is a concept of which psychological learning theory?

Cognitive learning theory

During the associative stage of Motor Learning Theory, what strategy would be appropriate to include?

Increasing the complexity of the task

Which of the following describes the Dunn & Dunn Learning Style Model?

There are 5 categories of stimuli that affect a person's ability to learn: environmental, emotional, sociological, physiological, and psychological.

Is Florence Nightingale considered the founder of modern nursing?

True.

___ are the guiding principles of behavior that are defined by external sources

Ethics

___ are what each individual believes to be right and wrong

Morals

Which of the following is a document that defines a profession, describes that profession's scope of practice, and provides guidelines for the state board of that profession?

Practice act

A moderate level of _____ is best for success in learning and is considered the optimal time for teaching.

Anxiety

The PEEK model describes four categories of readiness to learn. According to this model, which of the following factors contributes to experiential readiness to learn?

Past coping mechanisms.

Sally is in the hospital recovering from a heart attack. The physician assistant caring for her is prioritizing her many learning needs before discharge home. Which of the following learning needs is considered mandatory?

Purpose of her new medications.

What are the three determinants of learning?

Needs of the learner, readiness to learn, and learning style.

Which publication outlined a patient's right to receive current information about their diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in terms that are understandable to them so they can make informed decisions about their medical care?

Patient's Bill of Rights.

Which of the following statements about the legal and financial implications of patient education documentation is FALSE?

Patient education is the most frequently documented service by nurses.

3 multiple choice options

A patient who is anxious about an upcoming surgery becomes upset at his doctor for ordering him to not eat or drink anything for 8 hours before the procedure. He doesn't express his frustration directly to the doctor. Instead, while waiting, his wife accidentally bumps into his hospital bed, and he angrily tells her to "watch where she's going" and "stop being so clumsy." Which defense mechanism is this patient using?

Displacement.

A dietician is educating a hospitalized patient about how to follow a diabetic diet. In the hospital, the client is able to count carbohydrates appropriately and stick to the ordered diet. However, when he returns home and has to begin preparing his own food again, he stops counting carbohydrates and falls back into his old eating habits. Which of the following concepts is the client displaying?

Spontaneous recovery.

A ______ is defined as the gap between what someone knows and what someone wants or is required to know

Learning need