To Assess a Patient's Readiness to Learn Before Planning Teaching

question 14

Multiple Choice

To assess a patient's readiness to learn before planning teaching activities, the most appropriate question for the nurse to ask is,

• A) "What kind of work and leisure activities do you do?"
• B) "What information do you think you need right now?"
• C) "Do you have any religious beliefs that are inconsistent with the treatment?"
• D) "Can you describe the types of activities that help you learn new information?"

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Definitions:

Anterograde Amnesia

A loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leading to a partial or total inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact.

Anterograde Amnesia

A loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred or information that was learned before an injury or the onset of a disease.

Retroactive Amnesia

A type of amnesia where an individual loses memories for events that occurred before a certain event, often a traumatic one, making it difficult to remember past information.