NURS 3101 Quiz 6: Patient Education
Practice Questions and All correct
Answers 2025-2026 Edition.
E - Answer Which term is defined below?
- Process of helping people learn and incorporate health-related behaviors into everyday life.
A: patient education
B: health education
C: patient teaching
D: B and C
E: A and C
C - Answer All of the following are true of the concept of patient education EXCEPT:
A: patients and families have a right and responsibility to manage their own healthcare needs
B: education should be interactive
C: education should be uniform
D: education should be interdisciplinary
E: education should be collaborative
F: all members of the healthcare team are responsible for patient education
G: all above are correct
C - Answer What are the 3 areas or ways we educate our patients from the scope of patient
education model? (Select all that apply)
1. Cognitive
2. Formal patient education classes
3. Psychomotor
4. Informal patient-nurse learning encounters
5. Affective
6. Self-directed learning
A: 1, 3, 5
B: 1, 3, 5, 6
,A - Answer What are the 3 learning domains relating to patient education? (Select all that
apply)
1. Cognitive
2. Formal patient education classes
3. Psychomotor
4. Informal patient-nurse learning encounters
5. Affective
6. Self-directed learning
A: 1, 3, 5
B: 1, 3, 5, 6
C: 2, 4, 6
D: 1, 2, 4, 6
A - Answer Which area or way we educate our patients from the scope of patient education
model is described below?
- Excellent ways to teach a group of patients with standardized content (ex: group lecture)
A: formal patient education classes
B: informal patient-nurse learning encounters
C: self-directed learning
B - Answer Which area or way we educate our patients from the scope of patient education
model is described below?
- Often occurs in one on one sessions with a patient or even with the patient's family. Can be
planned or spontaneous.
A: formal patient education classes
B: informal patient-nurse learning encounters
C: self-directed learning
C - Answer Which area or way we educate our patients from the scope of patient education
model is described below?
- Results when patient or family member completes an educational activity
A: formal patient education classes
B: information patient-nurse learning encounters
, - Increasing knowledge
- Ex: teaching a patient why they need a procedure
A: cognitive
B: psychomotor
C: affective
B - Answer Which learning domain relating to patient education is defined below?
- Developing or improving a skill
- Ex: showing a patient how to care for their ostomy site and change the bag
A: cognitive
B: psychomotor
C: affective
C - Answer Which learning domain relating to patient education is defined below?
- Changing or influencing attitudes
- Ex: helping the patient adjust to now living in a nursing home
A: cognitive
B: psychomotor
C: affective
B - Answer All of the following are concept attributes/criteria of patient education EXCEPT:
A: teaching is planned
B: a belief must exist that the illness can be avoided
C: learning outcomes are goal-oriented
D: the patient is motivated to learn
E: all above are correct
D - Answer All of the following are true of the concept attribute/criteria of patient education
"teaching is planned" EXCEPT:
A: for patient education to occur you must identify the need for learning. sometimes the nurse
identifies the need.
B: the nurse knows the patient and determines the appropriateness of education
Practice Questions and All correct
Answers 2025-2026 Edition.
E - Answer Which term is defined below?
- Process of helping people learn and incorporate health-related behaviors into everyday life.
A: patient education
B: health education
C: patient teaching
D: B and C
E: A and C
C - Answer All of the following are true of the concept of patient education EXCEPT:
A: patients and families have a right and responsibility to manage their own healthcare needs
B: education should be interactive
C: education should be uniform
D: education should be interdisciplinary
E: education should be collaborative
F: all members of the healthcare team are responsible for patient education
G: all above are correct
C - Answer What are the 3 areas or ways we educate our patients from the scope of patient
education model? (Select all that apply)
1. Cognitive
2. Formal patient education classes
3. Psychomotor
4. Informal patient-nurse learning encounters
5. Affective
6. Self-directed learning
A: 1, 3, 5
B: 1, 3, 5, 6
,A - Answer What are the 3 learning domains relating to patient education? (Select all that
apply)
1. Cognitive
2. Formal patient education classes
3. Psychomotor
4. Informal patient-nurse learning encounters
5. Affective
6. Self-directed learning
A: 1, 3, 5
B: 1, 3, 5, 6
C: 2, 4, 6
D: 1, 2, 4, 6
A - Answer Which area or way we educate our patients from the scope of patient education
model is described below?
- Excellent ways to teach a group of patients with standardized content (ex: group lecture)
A: formal patient education classes
B: informal patient-nurse learning encounters
C: self-directed learning
B - Answer Which area or way we educate our patients from the scope of patient education
model is described below?
- Often occurs in one on one sessions with a patient or even with the patient's family. Can be
planned or spontaneous.
A: formal patient education classes
B: informal patient-nurse learning encounters
C: self-directed learning
C - Answer Which area or way we educate our patients from the scope of patient education
model is described below?
- Results when patient or family member completes an educational activity
A: formal patient education classes
B: information patient-nurse learning encounters
, - Increasing knowledge
- Ex: teaching a patient why they need a procedure
A: cognitive
B: psychomotor
C: affective
B - Answer Which learning domain relating to patient education is defined below?
- Developing or improving a skill
- Ex: showing a patient how to care for their ostomy site and change the bag
A: cognitive
B: psychomotor
C: affective
C - Answer Which learning domain relating to patient education is defined below?
- Changing or influencing attitudes
- Ex: helping the patient adjust to now living in a nursing home
A: cognitive
B: psychomotor
C: affective
B - Answer All of the following are concept attributes/criteria of patient education EXCEPT:
A: teaching is planned
B: a belief must exist that the illness can be avoided
C: learning outcomes are goal-oriented
D: the patient is motivated to learn
E: all above are correct
D - Answer All of the following are true of the concept attribute/criteria of patient education
"teaching is planned" EXCEPT:
A: for patient education to occur you must identify the need for learning. sometimes the nurse
identifies the need.
B: the nurse knows the patient and determines the appropriateness of education
