Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing The Art and Science of Nursing Care

(Barry) #1
Match the learning domain listed in Part A with
the example of the domain listed in Part B.
Answers may be used more than once.
PART A
a.Cognitive learning
b.Psychomotor learning
c.Affective learning
PART B


  1. A patient learns how to care for his sur-
    gical wound.

  2. A patient explains how eating a proper
    diet will lower his cholesterol level.

  3. A patient learns how to perform range-
    of-motion exercises after surgery.

  4. A patient expresses self-confidence after
    she completes a class to stop smoking.

  5. A patient decides to get dressed in
    the morning following treatment for
    depression.

  6. A patient reiterates the need for prenatal
    and infant care to her social worker.


SHORT ANSWER
1.Briefly explain how teaching and counseling
patients can facilitate the following nursing
aims.
a.Promoting health:

b.Preventing illness:

c. Restoring health:

d.Facilitating coping:

2.How would you modify your teaching plan
to motivate the following patients to learn a
new skill?
a.An adult who has a fear of failure:

b.An adult who resists learning because of
preconceived ideas about the process and
your expectations of him/her:

c. An older adult who is afraid to learn some-
thing new:

3.Mr. Lang is a 75-year-old man recovering from
a stroke in a home care setting. He has partial
paralysis of his left side and must be taught
exercises for rehabilitation. List three teaching
strategies you would use in treating this
patient, and give an example of each.
a.

b.

c.

4.List two solutions to the problem that time
constraints place on the nurse when planning
patient learning.
a.

b.

5.Briefly describe the following types of
teaching, and give an example of each:
a.Formal:

b.Informal:

6.Give an example of a method that could
be used to evaluate the following types of
learning.
a.Cognitive domain:
b.Affective domain:
c. Psychomotor domain:
7.How would you document successfully
teaching a new mother how to bathe her
infant?

8.Define the following types of counseling, and
give an example of a case in which each type
would be used by the nurse.

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