2026 NCLEX Practice Questions Patient Education Test (30 Questions And Complete Answers)
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A nurse is asked about the goal of patient education. What is the nurse's best response? The goal of educating others is to help people
1. Meet standards of the Nurse Practice Act.
2. Achieve optimal levels of health.
3. Become dependent on the health care team.
4. Provide self-care only in the hospital.
1. Meet standards of the Nurse Practice Act.
2. Achieve optimal levels of health.
3. Become dependent on the health care team.
4. Provide self-care only in the hospital.
Achieve optimal levels of health.
A nurse is teaching a group of healthy adults about the benefits of flu immunizations. Which purpose of patient education is the nurse fulfilling?
1. Restoration of health
2. Coping with impaired functions
3. Promotion of health and illness prevention
4. Health analogies
1. Restoration of health
2. Coping with impaired functions
3. Promotion of health and illness prevention
4. Health analogies
Promotion of health and illness prevention
A nurse provides teaching about coping with long-term impaired functions. Which situation serves as the best example?
1. Teaching a family member to give medications through the patient's permanent gastric tube
2. Teaching a woman who recently had a hysterectomy about her pathology reports
3. Teaching expectant parents about physical and psychological changes in childbearing women
4. Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches
1. Teaching a family member to give medications through the patient's permanent gastric tube
2. Teaching a woman who recently had a hysterectomy about her pathology reports
3. Teaching expectant parents about physical and psychological changes in childbearing women
4. Teaching a teenager with a broken leg how to use crutches
Teaching a family member to give medications through the patient's permanent gastric tube
Which statement indicates that the nurse has a good understanding of teaching/learning?
1. "Teaching and learning can be separated."
2. "Learning is an interactive process that promotes teaching."
3. "Learning consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions designed to help the teacher."
4. "Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner's needs."
1. "Teaching and learning can be separated."
2. "Learning is an interactive process that promotes teaching."
3. "Learning consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions designed to help the teacher."
4. "Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner's needs."
"Teaching and learning can be separated."
Which action best indicates that learning has occurred?
1. A nurse presents information about diabetes.
2. A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin.
3. A family member listens to a lecture on diabetes.
4. A primary care provider hands a diabetes pamphlet to the patient.
1. A nurse presents information about diabetes.
2. A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin.
3. A family member listens to a lecture on diabetes.
4. A primary care provider hands a diabetes pamphlet to the patient.
A patient demonstrates how to inject insulin.
A nurse is teaching a patient about the Speak Up Initiatives. Which information should the nurse include?
1. The nurse is the center of the health care team.
2. If you still do not understand, ask again.
3. Ask a nurse to be your advocate or supporter.
4. Inappropriate medical tests are the most common mistakes.
1. The nurse is the center of the health care team.
2. If you still do not understand, ask again.
3. Ask a nurse to be your advocate or supporter.
4. Inappropriate medical tests are the most common mistakes.
If you still do not understand, ask again.
A nurse teaches a patient with heart failure healthy food choices. The patient states that eating yogurt is better than eating cake. In this situation, which element represents feedback?
1. The nurse
2. The patient
3. The nurse teaching about healthy food choices
4. The patient stating that eating yogurt is better than eating cake
1. The nurse
2. The patient
3. The nurse teaching about healthy food choices
4. The patient stating that eating yogurt is better than eating cake
The patient stating that eating yogurt is better than eating cake
While preparing a teaching plan, the nurse described what the learner will be able to accomplish after the teaching session. Which action did the nurse complete?
1. Developed learning objectives
2. Provided positive reinforcement
3. Implemented interpersonal communication
4. Presented facts and knowledge
1. Developed learning objectives
2. Provided positive reinforcement
3. Implemented interpersonal communication
4. Presented facts and knowledge
Developed learning objectives
A student nurse learns that a normal adult heartbeat is 60 to 100 beats/minute. In which domain did learning take place?
1. Kinesthetic
2. Cognitive
3. Affective
4. Psychomotor
1. Kinesthetic
2. Cognitive
3. Affective
4. Psychomotor
Cognitive
A nurse wants the patient to begin to accept the chronic nature of diabetes. Which teaching technique should the nurse use to enhance learning?
1. Lecture
2. Demonstration
3. Role play
4. Question and answer session
1. Lecture
2. Demonstration
3. Role play
4. Question and answer session
Role play
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