The nurse is preparing a teaching plan and is applying evidence-based practice. To promote involvement, the nurse must:
a. provide the latest professional literature to the patient.
b. ensure that the patient understands relevant information.
c. use only one teaching method to reduce confusion.
d. not review previously learned information.
ANS: B
To promote involvement, nurses must ensure that patients understand the information relevant to their care. Nurses need to provide patients with easy-to-understand information and speak in a clear, distinct voice, using short sentences and understandable terminology. Multiple teaching methods should be used to meet the needs of all types of learners. Patient education sessions should be reassessed after two to three key points to ensure that the patient is still engaged in learning and ready to assimilate more information. Information taught at previous sessions can be reviewed before proceeding with new key points.
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