Foundations Exam 3 – Patient Education 2026 – Study Guide and
Practice Questions
What is the main goal of patient education? - correct answer ✔✔ develop self-care abilities to
maximize their function and quality of life
What are 4 goals of patient education? - correct answer ✔✔ Maintaining and promoting health
Preventing illness
Restoring health
Facilitating coping
What is learning? - correct answer ✔✔ the process by which a person acquires or increases
knowledge or changes behavior in a measurable way as a result of the experience
Done by:
Study
Instruction
Reflection
Practice
What are the 3 learning domains? - correct answer ✔✔ cognitive, affective, psychomotor
What is the cognitive domain? - correct answer ✔✔ Storing and recalling of new knowledge in
the brain
What is the psychomotor domain? - correct answer ✔✔ learning a physical skill involving the
integration of mental and muscular activity
, What is the affective domain? - correct answer ✔✔ includes changes in attitudes, values, and
feelings
What are the qualities of teaching? - correct answer ✔✔ Patient focused
Start with concern
Discover what they know
Schedule time for review
And make sure it is HOLISTIC and INTERACTIVE
What is VARK? - correct answer ✔✔ visual, auditory, read/write, kinesthetic
What is good for a visual learner? - correct answer ✔✔ Pictures, maps and graphs that explain
things
What is good for an aural learner? - correct answer ✔✔ Hear and discuss things and concepts
Like lectures and tutorials
What is good for the reader learning type? - correct answer ✔✔ They like anything in print such
as: manuals, lists, textbooks, flashcards, powerpoints
What is good for the kinesthetic learner? - correct answer ✔✔ Likes to learn from and by
experience, uses their senses
patient teaching is best when ... - correct answer ✔✔ The 5 steps of the nursing process is used
What is the 5 important parts of patient education while using the nursing process? - correct
answer ✔✔ What needs taught and how
Physical condition
Practice Questions
What is the main goal of patient education? - correct answer ✔✔ develop self-care abilities to
maximize their function and quality of life
What are 4 goals of patient education? - correct answer ✔✔ Maintaining and promoting health
Preventing illness
Restoring health
Facilitating coping
What is learning? - correct answer ✔✔ the process by which a person acquires or increases
knowledge or changes behavior in a measurable way as a result of the experience
Done by:
Study
Instruction
Reflection
Practice
What are the 3 learning domains? - correct answer ✔✔ cognitive, affective, psychomotor
What is the cognitive domain? - correct answer ✔✔ Storing and recalling of new knowledge in
the brain
What is the psychomotor domain? - correct answer ✔✔ learning a physical skill involving the
integration of mental and muscular activity
, What is the affective domain? - correct answer ✔✔ includes changes in attitudes, values, and
feelings
What are the qualities of teaching? - correct answer ✔✔ Patient focused
Start with concern
Discover what they know
Schedule time for review
And make sure it is HOLISTIC and INTERACTIVE
What is VARK? - correct answer ✔✔ visual, auditory, read/write, kinesthetic
What is good for a visual learner? - correct answer ✔✔ Pictures, maps and graphs that explain
things
What is good for an aural learner? - correct answer ✔✔ Hear and discuss things and concepts
Like lectures and tutorials
What is good for the reader learning type? - correct answer ✔✔ They like anything in print such
as: manuals, lists, textbooks, flashcards, powerpoints
What is good for the kinesthetic learner? - correct answer ✔✔ Likes to learn from and by
experience, uses their senses
patient teaching is best when ... - correct answer ✔✔ The 5 steps of the nursing process is used
What is the 5 important parts of patient education while using the nursing process? - correct
answer ✔✔ What needs taught and how
Physical condition
