QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why is education important - ANS -increases competencies and confidence of clients in oder
to manage their own self care
-education for staff and students teaches them how to deliver high-quality care
benefits for clients with education - ANS - client satisfaction
- improves quality of care
- decreases incidence of illness companies
- decreases anxiety
- increases compliance with treatment
- maximizes independence
benefits for staff with education - ANS - enhances job satisfaction
- improves therapeutic relationships
- increases autonomy in practice
- improves knowledge and skills
what is the education process? - ANS a systematic, sequential, planned course of action on
the part of both the teacher and learner to achieve the outcomes of teaching and learning
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, what is learning? - ANS a chance in behaviour (knowledge, skills, attitudes) that can be
observed and measured and can occur at any time or in any place as a result of exposure to
environmental stimuli
what is client education? - ANS the process of helping clients learn health-related behaviours
to achieve the goal of optimal health and independence in self care
what is staff education? - ANS the process of helping nurses acquire knowledge, attitudes &
skills to improve the delivery of quality care to the consumer
ASSURE model is used to .. - ANS assist nurses to organize and carry out the education
process
what does the ASSURE model stand for? - ANS A - analyze the learner
S - state the objectives
S - select instructional methods and materials
U - use teaching materials
R - require learner performance
E - evaluate the teaching process
nurses act in a role of educator to whom? - ANS clients, family, nursing students, staff
nurses function in the role of an educator as: - ANS - a giver of info
- assessor of needs
- evaluator of learning
- reviser of appropriate methodology
what is the partner philosophy? - ANS it stresses the participatory nature of the teaching and
learning process
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, what are barriers to teaching? - ANS factors impending the nurses ability to optimally deliver
education services
what are some examples of barriers to teaching? - ANS - lack of time to teach
- inadequate preparation of nurses to assume the role of the educator with confidence and
competence
- personal characteristics like lack of motivation and skill
- low-priority gives to teaching
what are some examples of barriers to education? - ANS - environments aren't conductive
- doubt that the client education effectively changes outcomes
- inadequate documentation system for efficiency and ease of recording the quality and
quantity of teaching efforts
what are obstacles of learning? - ANS factors that negatively impact the learners ability to
process information
what are some examples of obstacles of learning? - ANS - limited time due to rapid discharge
from care
- stress of acute and chronic illness, anxiety, sensory deficits, and low literacy
- low literacy and functional health illiteracy
- negative influence of hospital environment
- personal characteristics
- behavioural changes
- lack of support and lack of ongoing positive reinforcement from nurse or family
- denial of learning needs, resentment of authority, lack of willingness to take responsibility
- inconvenience, complexity, inaccessibility, fragmentation and humanization of healthcare
system
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when do adults best learn? - ANS - they have clear objective for learning
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