The nurse is planning to teach an older client how to check her blood sugar. To promote short-term memory activity, the nurse should:
1. provide a list with action steps.
2. limit the teaching session to 5-10 minutes in length.
3. ensure that the environment is free of distracting stimuli.
4. have the client repeat the steps of the procedure back to the nurse.
Answer: 1
1. Short-term memory loss is often experienced in the older client but is managed with lists.
2. Limiting the teaching session to 5 to 10 minutes is helpful to the learning process but may not necessarily promote short-term memory.
3. Ensuring that the environment is free of distracting stimuli may be helpful to the learning process but may not necessarily promote short-term memory.
4. Having the client repeat the steps of the procedure back to the nurse is a teaching strategy; however, it may not necessarily promote short-term memory.
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