The clinic nurse assesses a 30-year-old, single, unemployed male diagnosed as a pre-diabetic for readiness to learn. The man lives in a subsidized housing apartment but reports that he does not know the people in the building and relies solely on himself for all his needs. He has a car and does occasional odd jobs for some extra money in addition to his cash assistance. Further, the man receives assistance for food and reports cooking in his apartment. He is comfortable today and denies worry regarding the diagnosis; he wants to understand how to avoid diabetes since his father died from diabetic complications. He has a high-school education, is literate, and adheres to current medical regimens. QUESTIONS 1. While assessing emotional readiness to learn, about which factor should the nurse as educator be most concerned? A. Anxiety level. B. Frame of mind. C. Motivation. D. Support system. 2. The nurse decides to build education based on the man’s statement that his father died from complications related to diabetes. Which type of readiness to learn is the nurse using most to engage this man? A. Emotional. B. Experiential. C. Knowledge. D. Physical.
1. While assessing emotional readiness to learn , the factor about which the nurse educator should be most concerned is option C - Motivation . Emotional readiness is the willingness to put forth effort necessary to learn. This is often influenced by a person's level of motivation. Motivation is greater when the person perceives that the health information is relevant to their life and helps them to solve a problem.
2. The nurse decides to build education based on the man's statement that his father died from complications related to diabetes . The nurse is using the Experiential type of readiness to learn the most to engage this man . He has an experience of the adverse effects of diabetes ,suffered by his own father and he died of its complications . The nurse is using this experience as a tool for learning.
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