A clinic nurse is providing patient education prior to a patient's scheduled palliative radiotherapy to her spine
At the completion of the patient teaching, the patient continues to ask the same questions that the nurse has already addressed. What is the plausible conclusion that the nurse should draw from this?
A) The patient is not listening effectively.
B) The patient is noncompliant with the plan of care.
C) The patient may have a low intelligence quotient or a cognitive deficit.
D) The patient has not achieved the desired learning outcomes.
Ans: D
Feedback:
The nurse should be sensitive to patients' ongoing needs and may need to repeat previously provided information or simply be present while the patient and family react emotionally. Telling a patient something is not teaching. If a patient continues to ask the same questions, teaching needs to be reinforced. The patient's response is not necessarily suggestive of "noncompliance," cognitive deficits, or not listening.
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