01 Oct What is acculturation?
What is acculturation?
The patient is strongly attached to the culture he came from
The patient lives on the reservation
The patient refuses to speak the language of the new environment
The patient intermingles willingly in the new culture and adopts its culture
2 What is the healthcare professional legally responsible to do in patient education?
Inform the patient about their care
Explain any procedures they will undergo
Check for patient understanding
All of the above
3 What is the healthcare professional’s role in teaching the patient at different life stages?
To follow procedures and protocols
To adapt patient education to the life stage of the patient
To delegate responsibility to another healthcare professional
To skip patient education if the patient is young, deaf, blind or old
4 What percentage of patients has been found to be noncompliant with health recommendations?
10%
20%
50%
90%
5 Which of the following are considered relationship skills?
Empathy
Acceptance
Trust
All of the Above
6 What is multicultural patient education?
Using an interpreter to do the patient education
Adapting patient education to the cultural needs of the patient and family
Expecting the patient to understand English
Avoiding a patient who is not of the healthcare professional’s ethnicity
7 Which of the following would be considered life-stages?
Menopause
Teenage
Senior Citizen
All of the above
8 Why was there more concern with preventative health care starting in the fifties?
Prosperity of the average household
Polio and other diseases could be prevented with immunization
Close family ties
All of the above
9 Which of the following has been found to be one of the most important factors in patient compliance?
Communication
Written material
Family input
Pre-appointment reminders
10 What are the goals of patient education?
To help the patient understand
To explain concepts to the patient
To help the patient incorporate healthcare into his life
All of the above
11 Which of the following are the three categories of learning?
Cognitive, affective, psychomotor
Affective, psychosocial, cognitive
Psychosocial, behavioral, affective
Psychomotor, cognitive, psychosocial
12 Which of the following is an example of patient compliance?
A patient forgetting to pick up a prescription.
A patient sharing medication with a family member.
A patient arriving to appointments on the correct day and time.
A patient underutilizing prescribed medication.
13 Why is the need for patient education expanding?
Aging population is growing rapidly
Growth of new technologies
Earlier discharge from hospital
All of the above
14 Which of the following is one form of nonverbal behavior?
Explaining a procedure to a patient
Kneeling down to the patients level before speaking
Checking for understanding
Giving the patient material to read
15 Examples of patient noncompliance include:
Missing Appointments
Not taking prescribed medication
Dietary or lifestyle changes
All of the Above
