Teaching and Learning

LP 16- Exam 4

What are the 3 learning domains?

• cognitive

• affective

• psychomotor

What are some factors that can affect learning?

• the motivation to learn

• pain

• grief

• acceptance of illness

• participation of patient

• ability to learn: is pt child or adult→cognitive development→social skill, intellectual skills

why is it important to assess what a pt knows and where they got their information?

• not all resources are credible

• to teach what the patient doesn’t know instead of starting on what the patient does know.

“….” will be directly related to the learners response to what you’re trying to teach them.

• body movement

• posture

• tone of voice

nursing process of teaching ASSESS…

what are the learning needs of the patient

needs to include

• educational level

• literacy level

• social support

• financial resources

assessment data should be used to make an appropriate teaching plan

nursing process of teaching PLANNING…

Plans must be

• flexible to patients needs (ie. pt conditions or competing priorities)

• use patients learning domain(s)

nursing process of teaching IMPLEMENT…

• use patients learning domain

• be aware of pt condition and other priorities

nursing process of teaching EVALUATE…

• make sure patient understands WHY you are teaching them and what is the goal

• documentation→goals, progress towards goal, pts responses and adjustments to goals

What is the cognitive domain?

• knowledge

• makes you think

• Increase knowledge on a topic/subject

EX

• lecture

• written material

what is the affective domain?

• attitude

• feelings/values

EX

• a positive feeling to change lifestyle so it doesn’t feel like a burden

• Cardiac event and assessing how it made pt feel

what is the psychomotor domain?

• skills

• do/touch

EX

• changing a dressing on wound

methods used to teach in affective domain?

• group discussion

• role-playing

• role-modeling

methods used to teach in cognitive domain?

• discussion

• indep. study

• lecture one-on-one

methods used to teach in psychomotor domain?

• demonstration

• simulation

• self-instruction