When the nurse formulates a goal that "the client will be able to accurately draw up the correct dose of insulin," the nurse recognizes this goal as referring primarily to health teaching in which domain?
a. Changing attitudes
b. Psychomotor
c. Understanding content
d. Promoting acceptance
ANS: B
Health teaching is a dynamic process, which involves making relevant connections to meaning within three domains: (1) cognitive (understanding content); (2) affective (changing attitudes and promoting acceptance); and (3) psychomotor (hands-on skill development). Changing attitudes and promoting acceptance are in the affective domain. Understanding content occurs in the cognitive domain.
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