An essential aspect of a nurse’s role is to provide health teaching and health promotion interventions. Nurses must use an individualized approach tailored to meet each client’s unique needs, preferences, and learning styles. A critical part of this process is assessing the client’s readiness to learn and identifying barriers that may hinder learning and compliance.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Task

You will analyze a provided scenario to assess a client’s learning needs and develop an appropriate teaching approach.

Analysis Components

1. Assess client’s readiness to learn

2. Identify potential barriers to learning:

· Language/communication barriers

· Health literacy limitations

· Client discomfort

· Cultural considerations

· Cognitive/sensory impairments

· Lack of social support

· Client resistance

· Low motivation/desire to change

3. Determine available teaching resources (based on facility)

CLIENT SCENARIO

Patient Profile: Mrs. Holland, 46-year-old female

Medical History:

· Discharged from hospital 4 days ago after myocardial infarction (MI)

· Placement of drug-eluting stent in right coronary artery through angioplasty

· Unremarkable medical history before MI

· Previously taking only Vitamin D3 125 mcg PO QD

Social History:

· Married with three children (ages 9, 12, and 15)

· Works full-time as an elementary school teacher

Current Status:

· Feeling overwhelmed by her health status and new medications

· Cannot pronounce medication names

· Does not understand medication purposes

· Has difficulty managing medication schedule

· Has already missed doses and taken some medications twice

Plan of Care:

· Follow up with cardiologist in 10 days

· Return to primary care in two months for Prevnar 20 vaccine

· Continue prescribed medications:

1. Ticagrelor 90 mg – 1 tablet PO BID (morning and evening)

2. Metoprolol 75 mg (25 mg/tablet) – 3 tablets PO QD (morning)

3. Lisinopril 10 mg – 1 tablet PO QD (morning)

4. Low-dose aspirin (81 mg/tablet) – 1 tablet PO QD (morning)

5. Atorvastatin 80 mg – 1 tablet PO QD (evening)

6. Vitamin D 1,000 mg – 1 tablet PO QD

Note to Students: Consider the patient’s technological preferences, learning style indicators, body language, and motivational factors in your assessment.

Required Questions to answer in APA format with in-text citations from reputable sources. Include the Title page and Reference page

· 3 minimum references required within the last 5 years

· 5 sentences minimum for each question

1. Learning Style Assessment:

· What does the client (patient/family) say about their learning style?

2. Teaching Approach:

· How will you teach a client with this learning style?

3. Readiness Evaluation:

· How do you know this client is ready to learn?

· Address client’s body language

· Identify intrinsic and extrinsic motivators

4. Learning Ability Analysis:

· Evaluate client’s ability to learn (cognition, literacy, physical condition)

5. Readiness Conclusion:

· After reviewing all of the above, is your client ready to learn? Why or why not? (Be specific)

6. Teaching Plan:

· What do you plan on teaching our client?

· Provide 2 teaching SMART Outcomes (goals) with 1 intervention each with rationales

7. Decision Basis:

· What data did you base this decision on? (Be specific)

8. Resource Provision:

· What resources will you give your client?

9. Resource Utilization:

· How will you use these resources based on your client’s learning style?