A nurse is teaching a patient with a risk for hypertension how to take a blood pressure. Which action by the nurse is the priority?
a. Assess laboratory results for high cholesterol and other data.
b. Identify that teaching is the same as the nursing process.
c. Perform nursing care therapies to address hypertension.
d. Focus on a patient's learning needs and objectives.
ANS: D
The teaching process focuses on the patient's learning needs, motivation, and ability to learn; writing learning objectives and goals is also included. Nursing and teaching processes are not the same. Assessing laboratory results for high cholesterol and performing nursing care therapies are all components of the nursing process, not the teaching process.
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