You are the nurse planning to teach tracheostomy care to one of your patients. What is the most important variable in patient teaching that you need to utilized?
A) Providing the most up-to-date information available
B) Alleviating the patient's guilt associated with not knowing appropriate self-care
C) Determining the patient's readiness to learn new information
D) Building on previous information
Ans: C
Feedback: Assessment in the teaching–learning process is directed toward the systematic collection of data about the person and family's learning needs and readiness to learn.
Patient readiness is critical to accepting and integrating new information. Unless the patient is ready to accept new information, patient teaching will be ineffective. Giving up-to-date information won't matter if the patient isn't ready to accept new information. Patient guilt can't be alleviated until the patient understands the intricacies of the condition and his physiologic response to the disease. If the patient isn't ready to learn, it will be impossible to build on previous information because the patient won't be receptive to that information and won't learn.
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