A patient is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization this afternoon
The nurse wants to provide her with some basic information before going in the room to talk about her specific procedure. Which teaching strategy is most appropriate for this situation?
a. Discussion
b. Demonstration and practice
c. Audiovisual media
d. Written
C
Media are used to educate patients on a variety of educational needs, such as medications, disease processes, procedures, symptom management, weight monitoring, laboratory tests, diet, surgery, and health maintenance issues. Patient education videos require the patient's attention for only a few minutes and supply the learner with "nice-to-know" and "need-to-know" information. Demonstration and practice is not appropriate for this procedure because the patient is not performing the cardiac catheterization. Discussion and written material will help enhance the learning with the audiovisual media; however, this is not an interactive media.
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