The Best Way for a Nurse to Reinforce Learning During

question 8

Multiple Choice

The best way for a nurse to reinforce learning during a return demonstration by the patient is for the nurse to:

• A) give recognition and praise for the parts the patient does well and to assist or teach when the patient becomes confused or forgetful.
• B) watch quietly until the return demonstration is finished and then list the errors.
• C) instruct the patient to read the written material again when an error is made.
• D) stop the patient each time he makes a mistake and have him start again after the nurse reviews the procedure with him.

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Definitions:

Preattentive Processes

Cognitive processes that occur without conscious awareness, automatically extracting certain elements from the environment.

Divergent Processes

Cognitive operations that involve thinking in multiple directions to generate a variety of solutions to problems.

Attentional Blink

A brief period after detecting one stimulus during which a person cannot perceive a second stimulus, despite being able to see it.

Change Blindness

A perceptual phenomenon where a change in a visual stimulus is introduced and the observer does not notice it.