The nurse is planning discharge teaching for a client who will be going home in several days with a permanent colostomy. When organizing the teaching experience, the nurse should:
1. Start from the beginning and proceed through all material.
2. Break up sessions into shortened time periods.
3. Discover what the learner knows before proceeding with further teaching.
4. Make sure the client's spouse is present before the teaching session begins.
3. Discover what the learner knows before proceeding with further teaching.
Rationale:
The nurse should find out what the learner knows, and then proceed to the unknown. This gives the learner confidence. This information can be elicited either by asking questions or by having the client take a pretest or fill out a form. Going over information already learned is not practicing good time management for the nurse or the client. Unless the client has attention problems or is an older adult, breaking up the sessions is probably unnecessary. Having the spouse present is always a good idea, but finding out what the client already knows is more important when organizing teaching.
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