Republic of the Philippines

SAMAR STATE UNIVERSITY

Office of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences

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Midterm Examination in Health Education

Test Direction: MULTIPLE CHOICES. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.NO
ERASURE

1. The founder of modern nursing and the ultimate educator in nursing is:
a. Florence Nightingale
b. John Watson
c. Albert Bandura
d. BF Skinner

2. The National League of Nursing Education (NLNE) in the United States (now the
National League for Nursing [NLN]) observed the importance of health teaching as a
function within the scope of nursing practice.

a. Early 1918
b. 1937
c. Early 2000
d. 1950

3. The National League of Nursing Education had identified course content in nursing
school curricula to prepare nurses to assume the role as teaching others.

a. 1950
b. Early 1918
c. 1937
d. Early 2000

4. The Joint Commission (JC) formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of

Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), established nursing standards for patient education.

a. as early as 1937
b. as early as 1918
c. as early as 2000
d. as early as 1993

5. The role of the nurse as educator has undergone a paradigm shift, evolving from what
once was disease-oriented approach to a more prevention-oriented approach.

a. Since 1980
 b. Since 1930
c. Since 1950
d. Since 1960
e.
6. Education process is a systematic. Sequential, logical, scientifically based, planned
course of action consisting two major interdependent operations, which are the teaching
and learning.

a. nursing process
b. education process
c. educational process
d. quality process

7. Learning as the product of the stimulus conditions (S) and the responses (R) that follow.
Focusing mainly on what is directly observable.

a. Behaviorist Learning Theory

b. Social Learning Theory
c. Cognitive Learning Theory
d. Adult Learning

8. He postulated that behavior is a result of a series of conditioned reflexes, and all emotion
and thoughts is a result of behavior learned through conditioning.

a. Florence Nightingale
b. John Watson
c. Albert Bandura
d. BF Skinner

9. The learning theory that stresses the importance of what goes on inside the learner. The
key to learning and charging is the individual’s condition (perception, thought, memory, and
ways of processing and structuring information).

a. Behaviorist Learning Theory

b. Social Learning Theory
c. Cognitive Learning Theory
d. Adult Learning

10. States that attention, then is the key to learning. Thus, if a client is not attending to what
a nurse educator is saying, perhaps because the client is weary or distracted, it would be
prudent to try the explanation at another tine when he is more receptive and attentive.

a. Nine events in cognitive processes by Robert Gagne

b. Information Processing Model of Memory Functioning
c. Social Learning Theory
d. Operative Conditioning

11. It involves determining whether role models are perceived as rewarded or punished for
their behavior.

a. Vicarious Reinforcement
b. Role Modelling
 c. Operant Conditioning Model
d. Reward and Punishment Model

12. Education for adults is different from the education of children.

a. A Model of Adult Learning

b. Operant Conditioning Model
c. Information Processing Model of Memory Functioning
d. Social Learning

13. Learning is defined in as relatively permanent change in mental processing, emotional

functioning, and/or behavior as a result of experience.

a. education
b. education process
c. learning
d. learning theory

14. It is a process of assisting people to learn health related behavior that can be
incorporated into everyday life with the goal of optimal health and independence in self-
care.

a. Patient Education
b. Staff Education
c. Nurse-Patient Education
d. Nursing Education

15. It is the process of influencing the behavior of nurses by producing changes in their
knowledge, attitudes, and kills, to help nurses maintain and improve their competencies for
the delivery of quality care to the consumer.

a. Patient Education
b. Staff Education
c. Nurse-Patient Education
d. Nursing Education

16. Defined as gaps in knowledge that exists between a desired level of performance and
the actual level of performance

a. Learning needs
b. Learning education
c. Learning Process
d. Learning assessment
e.
17. The student understood the learning when he opted to explore the health problems or
issues of his patient. It is assessing the learner’s characteristics in the part of;

a. Identifying the learner

b. Choose the right setting
c. Collect date about the learner
d. Collect data from the learner
18. A list of identified needs was done by group 3 BSN 1 in assessment. They utilized the
Maslow’s (1970) hierarchy of human needs which help them identify the learner’s basic
needs that are attended to first and foremost before higher needs can be met. It is assessing
the learner’s characteristics in the part of;

a. Identifying the learner

b. Prioritize needs
c. Determine availability of educational resources
d. Take time-management issues into account

19. Learner’s Characteristics that influence a client’s ability, motivation, and desire to learn
are the following. Select all that applies.

a. Culture and Age

b. Education Level and Health status
c. Socioeconomic level
d. Literacy

20. Student nurse X identified that patient who has experienced a recent heart attack needs
to know the signs and symptoms and when to get immediate help. The criteria for prioritizing
learning needs followed by student nurse X was:

a. Mandatory
b. Desirable
c. Possible
d. All of the above
e.
21. Student nurse W. understood his lessons in Health Education when he obtain his data
during impromptu conversations that take place with other healthcare team members
involved in the care of the client, and between the nurse and the patient or his or her family.

a. Informal Conversations
b. Structured Interviews
c. Focus Groups
d. Self-Administered Questionnaires

22.Furthermore , Student nurse W. understood his lessons in Health Education when

student nurse asked the learner direct and often predetermined questions to gather
information about learning needs.

a. Informal Conversations
b. Structured Interviews
c. Focus Groups
d. Self-Administered Questionnaires

23. In the determinants of learning, it is defined as the time when the learner demonstrates
an interest in learning the information necessary to maintain optimal health or to become
more skillful in a job.

a. Learner’s characteristics
b. learning needs
c. Readiness to learn
d. Learning styles
24. This refers to the ways in which, and conditions under which, learners most efficiently
and most effectively perceive, process, store, and recall what they are attempting to learn
and how they prefer to approach different learning tasks.

a. Learner’s characteristics
b. learning needs
c. Readiness to learn
d. Learning styles

25. At each developmental period throughout the life, the educator must take into account
the three major stage-range factors associated with the learner’s readiness – physical,
cognitive, psychosocial maturation and spiritual aspect.

a. True
b. False

26. The person’s ability and readiness to learn are influenced by complex factors involving
growth and development interacting with experiential background, physical and emotional
health status, motivation, stress, surrounding conditions, and available support systems.

a. True
b. False

27. Nurse Y followed the steps in the assessment of learning needs when nurse Y identified
who the audience is;

a. collect data about the learner

b. Identify the learner
c. Collect data from the learner
d. Prioritize needs of the learner

28. Student nurse Lilia in her teaching plan , included the proper instructional materials to be
used in the implementation of her teaching –learning activity
a. collect data about the learner
b. Identify the learner
c. Determine availability of educational resources
d. Prioritize needs of the learner

29. In the assessment of learning needs, student Nurse Pablo explored the concerns of the
learners were taken seriously and considered important, and respected.

a. Choose the right setting

b. Identify the learner
c. Determine availability of educational resources
d. Prioritize needs of the learner

30. In the assessment of learning needs, student Nurse Pablo allowed the patient and/or
family members to identify what is important to them, what they perceive their needs to be,
what types of social support systems are available, and what assistance these supports can
provide.

a. Choose the right setting

b. Collect data from the learner
c. Determine availability of educational resources
d. Prioritize needs of the learner
31. At each developmental period throughout the life, the educator must take into account
the three major stage-range factors associated with the learner’s readiness which includes:
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a. physical
b. cognitive
c. and psychosocial maturation

32. It is the art and science of helping children to learn.

a. Pedagogy
b. Andragogy
c. Analogy
d. Anatomy
e.
33. A course outline or syllabus is considered a contract between the teacher and the
learner.

a. True
b. False

34. It is a blueprint to achieve the goal the goal and the objectives that have been
developed.

a. Teaching plan
b. Nursing Care Plan
c. Education Process
d. Nursing Process

35. In wording of the objective it should contain the following: SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a. Intended learner
b. The behavior to be performed
c. The conditions under which it is performed
d. Expected degree of attainment of specific standards

36. Nursing assessment of learners’ needs, readiness, and styles of learning is the first and
most important step in instructional design but it is also the step most likely to be neglected.

a. True
b. False

37. The first step in assessing the learning needs of the learner is to identify the audience.

a. True
b. False

38. In accessing learning needs, the nurse asks the learner direct and often predetermined
questions to gather information about learning needs.

a. Structured Interviews
b. Informal Conversations
 c. Focus Groups
d. Self-Administered Questionnaires

39. Adults learn best when: SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a. Learning is related to an immediate need, problem, or deficit.

b. Learning is voluntary and self-initiated.
c. Learning is person centered and problem centered.
d. Learning is self-controlled and self-directed.

40. Dialectical thinking is the ability to search for complex and changing understanding to
find a variety of solutions to any given situation or problem.

a. True
b. False

41. In planning for older adults as the audience of the lecture, the nursing instructor should
consider the following; SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

a. Use white or off-white, flat matte paper and black print for posters, diagrams, and
other written materials.
b. Visual aids should include large print, well-spaced letters, and the use of primary
colors
c. Female instructors should wear bright lipstick, and male teachers can wear lip
gloss.
d. Keep sessions short, schedule frequent breaks to allow for use of bathroom
facilities.

42. In wording the objective it should contain the following; SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

a. Intended learner
b. The behavior to be performed
c. The conditions under which it is performed
d. And the expected degree of attainment of specific standards

43. Three major variables in selecting instructional materials (LMAT) are the following
EXCEPT;

a. Characteristics of the learner

b. Characteristics of the medium
c. Characteristics of the task
d. Characteristic of the environment

44. A game that represents real-life situations in which learners compete according to set of
rules in order to win or achieve an object.

a. Simulation Game
b. Role playing
c. Simulation Exercises
d. Case Study

45. Erikson describes the young adult’s stage of psychosocial development

a. Trust vs. Mistrust

b. Intimacy vs. Isolation
 c. Generativity vs. Isolation
d. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Test II – Create a health teaching plan using nursing process/education process as your
framework. Include the eight elements of the teaching plans. You may refer to Blooms
Taxonomy for your action verbs for particular learning. Analyze and evaluate the following
data. 25 pts

Case study

Nursing student Vinzon and his group is going to conduct a lecture about HOME
SAFETY. The lecture will specifically include the following topics; Importance of safety,
general home safety, bathroom safety, kitchen safety and drug safety. The audience is older
adult and reported to be college graduate. They verbalized excitement on the upcoming
activity. Assessment revealed that they have different learning styles. Most of participants
are assessed with physical challenges such as visual and hearing difficulty. Some have
rheumatoid arthritis. In formulating the teaching plan and strategies, include the specific
considerations (ex. Visual aids should include large print, well-spaced letters, and the use of
primary colors).