To help people gain knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and support healthier behaviors.
What is the main goal of health education?
Name one nutrient that supports tissue growth and repair.
What is Protein?
Name one health benefit of regular physical activity.
Examples include improved cardiovascular health, strength, mood, sleep, or blood glucose regulation.
What is the goal of stress management?
What is improve quality of life?
Before teaching a patient, what should a nurse assess first?
What is assess learning needs, readiness to learn, prior knowledge, language, literacy, and barriers to learning.
What are the four leading causes of death?
What are: heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes.
Defined as the degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, process, and understand health information.
What is Health Literacy?
This describes when the body is unable to adapt, chronic or excessive stress.
What is Distress?
A patient explains medication instructions in their own words. What teaching method is this and what is the purpose?
What is: Teach-back. It checks understanding by asking the patient to explain information in their own words.
The quality or state of doing good or producing good.
What is Beneficence.
What is one example of a moderate-intensity activity?
What is: Brisk walking, water aerobics, or recreational cycling at a moderate pace.
This describes emotional exhaustion, sense of reduced accomplishment?
What is burnout?
A nurse is developing a community program designed to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes among adults. What intervention would best represent primary prevention?
What is: Teaching adults about healthy eating and regular physical activity
Handwashing, Discard refrigerated foods once per week, separate food, cook food to proper temperature are examples of what.
What are some food safety practices?
Unable to obtain adequate food
What is food insecurity?
This person choosed the right strategy at the right time and assists the individual.
Describe the Exercise Prescription.
FITT- Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
A patient has limited English proficiency. What is the best approach to health teaching?
What is: Use a qualified medical interpreter and culturally and linguistically appropriate materials; confirm understanding with teach-back.
What are some situations in which a person might need additional nutritients?
Pregnancy, Breast fed infants, people over 50 (B12).
What are the effects of exercise on the aging process?
What is cardiovascular, metabolic function, improvement in strength, self-efficiacy, quality of life?
Considering another person's perspective and communicate understanding back to the person.
What is Empathy?
Name 2 food assistance programs