A nursing student tells a peer, "There's so much to remember that I'm afraid I'll never pass the skill evaluation for changing a sterile dressing."
A helpful response by the peer would be based on the understanding that for most nursing students, psychomotor/clinical skills can best be learned by
a. performing them.
b. reading about them.
c. watching a peer practice them.
d. watching a filmstrip about them.
ANS: A
Psychomotor skills must be practiced if proficiency is to be gained. The remaining options may be helpful as first steps in developing the physical skill, but the learner must eventually practice performing the skill.
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