MA Chapter 15: Patient Education Flashcards

Patient education should not exceed the ? reading level?

An advantage of patient education is that?

Which of the following is an example of how a medical office benefits from patient education?

An important advantage of consumer education is that?

Consumer education?

Patient health education should include?

Which of the following guidelines should be incorporated when educating patients about health habits?

Tips for preventing injury at home include?

Which statement would be appropriate for the medical assistant to include when teaching a patient about the proper use of medications?

When teaching a patient how to lift a heavy object properly, which of the following instructions would be included?

Which of the following occupations might put a patient at risk for injury because of having to sit for long periods?

An important instruction to include when providing health education to a secretary to?

Preventative healthcare includes health-promoting behaviors, screening, and?

The first level of disease and illness prevention is?

Teaching health-promoting behaviors includes?

Teaching a patient about cancer prevention is an example of educating about?

The second level of disease prevention is?

The third level of disease prevention is?

Which of the following involves diagnostic testing of a patient who is typically free of symptoms?

An example of a screening test is?

An example of the third level of disease prevention is?

A benefit of the patient information packet is?

Details such as educations, internship, and residency of a physician or any licensed practitioner working in the office are found in which section of the patient info packet?

Which section of the patient information packet is especially important in a specialty practice?

Patient guidelines for surgery include?

Which of the following types of peroperative teaching gives patients a description of the physical sensations they may have during a procedure?

Mr. Hendricks has just been informed that he needs surgery to remove a growth on his thyroid. He is nervous about the need for surgery and asks you what will happen during the surgery. He also wants to know why the surgery is necessary. What type of teaching should you use to answer?

Which of the following types of preoperative teaching supplies details about the surgical procedure?

In which type of teaching will a medical assistant describe a technique to the patient, demonstrate it, and then ask the patient to repeat the demonstration?

Which type of teaching should be used to demonstrate cleaning and dressing a wound postoperatively?

In which type of teaching should the patient do a return demonstration of the technique you have taught?

Which of the following has the greatest adverse effect on the learning process during preoperative education?

Which of the following tips is especially useful when you are providing preoperative education?

The key to the success of any education process is?

The types of teaching used in patient education are factual, sensory, and?

Which type of preoperative teaching includes detailed restrictions on diet or activity that may be necessary both before and after surgery?

Which of the following may help a patient visualize exactly how surgery will correct his problem?

Some practices provide simplified versions of their patient information packet for patients?

Developing an education plan will ensure that?

For best results, you should match learning materials to the patients needs and level of?

The amount and type of patient education a medical assistant provides is decided by the place of employment and?

The MA is conducting preoperative patient education for Mrs. Benson, 76 who is having a hip replacement. The MA included Mrs. B's husband in the teaching, but both seem a little vague on the details. The MA is concerned that neither will remember postop instructions. What can the MA do to help them remember?

Mr. Binder is given information that is available in the office about his new diagnosis of CHF, but he is requesting more information. What should you do?

MA performs patient preoperative education for Mrs. Franklin, who is scheduled for exploratory surgery to find the cause of her abnormal lab results and her extreme pain. After explaining surgery to her, the MA asks if she has any questions, she says "what exactly do they expect to find? Is it bad?" How should an MA respond?

The three domains of learning are the cognitive, the affective, and?

Theoretical or practical understanding of a subject and the ability to recall it is part of which learning domain?

Davis is dreading his upcoming knee surgery. He just knows that something will go wrong and he will end up on crutches for the rest of his life. Teena, the MA, patiently explains again why the surgery is needed and encourages Davis to think positively about the outcome. Which learning domain is Teena teaching to?

Wayne is learning to eat better foods, increase the amount of exercise he gets, and take medication regularly. Into which learning domain do these skills fall?

Learning falls into three main categories that are known as the ? of learning?