Which of the following outcomes, made by a nurse planning care for a client recently fitted with a hearing aid, best reflects an understanding of short-term client education goals?

Question

1. Client will properly clean the hearing aid ear piece daily with soap and water.
2. Client will state 3 positive effects of wearing his hearing aid at follow-up ap-pointment.
3. Client will wear hearing aid while awake to help improve his ability to understand instructions.
4. Client will demonstrate ability to change the batteries in his hearing aid before leaving clinic today.

Answer 1

ANS: 4
Although all the options represent short-term goals, client will demonstrate ability to change the batteries in his hearing aid before leaving clinic today is directly related to patient education be-cause it relates to the proper care of the hearing aid. Client will properly clean the hearing aid ear piece daily with soap and water does not directly relate to client education but more to an ex-pected client action. The goal does not include a time limit for compliance. Although client will state 3 positive effects of wearing his hearing aid at follow-up appointment may be a short-term goal (depends on time of next appointment), it is not as directly related to client education as it is compliance-oriented. Although client will wear hearing aid while awake to help improve his abil-ity to understand instructions may be a short-term goal, although there is no time limit, it is not as related to client education as some other options.