The discharge nurse is teaching insulin administration to an older patient. Which teaching strategy would be best?
1. Provide written materials to reinforce the verbal instructions.
2. Encourage repetitive exercises to review new information until it is understood.
3. Allow longer teaching times to compensate for a slower learning pace.
4. Provide instruction to relatives so the patient will not be overwhelmed with new information.
2. Encourage repetitive exercises to review new information until it is understood.
Explanation: 1. Short-term memory, or primary memory, remains relatively stable when aging.
2. Normal age-related changes include a slowing of information processing, which results in the need for repetition of information.
3. Another age-related change includes the inability to maintain sustained attention. Long teaching sessions would not be appropriate.
4. Assuming the older patient cannot learn new information is a false belief of the aging process.
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