You talk with a clinic patient by phone and discover she is not taking her medication as she was instructed. The patient was given only verbal instructions in her teaching session. You would now have the patient do what?
1. Listen to you as you repeat the instructions by phone.
2. Call every day, and you will repeat the instructions until learned.
3. Return to the clinic to receive other teaching methods.
4. Have a family member take the instructions by phone.
3
Using a variety of teaching methods are more effective for learning than using a
single teaching method.
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