Learning Domains
Self-Efficacy & Readiness
Communication Skills
Cultural & Professional Care
The Nursing Process
100

This domain involves intellectual skills and "thinking" knowledge.

Cognitive

100

This term refers to a patient's belief in their ability to succeed at a task.

Self-efficacy

100

This specific level of communication involves "self-talk" within a single person.

Intrapersonal

100

This "lens" through which a person interprets life is shaped by culture, family, and religion.

Worldview

100

This is the first step of both the Nursing and Teaching processes.

Assessment

200

"The patient will demonstrate correct insulin injection technique" fits this domain.

Psychomotor

200

According to Maslow, these needs must be met before a patient is ready to learn.

Physiological

200

You should face this person—not the interpreter—when using translation services.

The Patient

200

These three organizational barriers can prevent a nurse from providing caring.

Compassion fatigue, Institutional demands, and Technology  

200

This is the most effective method used during the "Evaluation" phase to confirm understanding.

Teach-Back

300

This domain focuses on emotions, attitudes, values, and the motivation to learn.

Affective

300

This strategy involves setting small, achievable goals to help a patient with low self-efficacy.

Building confidence/accomplishment

300

Saying "Everything will be fine" is this type of non-therapeutic communication.

False Reassurance

300

This legal requirement must be met for patients with limited English proficiency.

Certified Medical Interpreter

300

This is the specific "Learning Diagnosis" for a patient starting a new medication.

Deficient Knowledge

400

"List," "Describe," and "Recall" are sample objective verbs for this domain.

Cognitive

400

These three physical or emotional "Internal Factors" can negatively impact readiness to learn.

Pain, anxiety, or fatigue

400

This type of question (like "Do you understand?") should be avoided during teach-back.

Closed-ended

400

This type of care fits a person’s life patterns, values, and system of meaning.

Culturally Congruent Care (Transcultural Care)

400

When planning, a nurse should always progress from this level of concept to complex.

Simple

500

This domain involves physical movement, coordination, and hands-on skills.

Psychomotor

500

A patient who responds "yes" to everything and asks no questions may have this limitation.

Low Health Literacy.

500

This occurs when a nurse switches topics because the patient brings up something difficult.

Changing the Subject

500

This is an ongoing, evolving process of learning and adapting to a patient's cultural heritage.

Self-Actualization.

500

This Maslow level is reached only after all lower-level needs are met.

Self-Actualization

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