The patient is in a clinic for palliative radiotherapy to the spine. After the nurse completes patient teaching, the patient continues to ask the same questions that have been addressed by the nurse. The nurse can conclude which of the following?
A) The patient is not listening.
B) The patient is noncompliant.
C) The patient may have a low IQ.
D) Learning has not occurred.
Ans: D
Feedback: Telling a patient something is not teaching. If a patient continues to ask the same questions, teaching needs to be reinforced. Terminology must be understood by the patient, written material may be given, and a family member may accompany the patient.
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