A nurse teaches family caregivers using simple language, invites questions about their home problems and relates the content to their daily routines. Which adult-learning principle is most evident?
Correct answer: A. Adults learn best when content is relevant to their needs
- A. Adults learn best when content is relevant to their needs
- B. Adults should avoid sharing previous experience
- C. Adults learn only through formal lectures
- D. Adults require rewards before every learning task
Explanation
Adult learners are motivated when learning is relevant, practical and connected with their experience. The other statements contradict learner-centred adult education principles.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? support@testustad.com
About Nursing Education and Teaching
Nursing education covers learning needs, educational objectives, cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains, lesson planning, teaching methods, clinical instruction and evaluation. It includes behaviourist, cognitive and adult-learning principles, use of teaching aids and assessment tools, and the distinction between teaching activities and measurable learning outcomes.
Practise Nursing Education and Teaching
48 free Nursing Education and Teaching MCQs from Nursing Management and Ethics, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask Nursing Management and Ethics questions like this
Nursing Management and Ethics is on 6 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
More Nursing Education and Teaching questions
A student performs a sterile dressing change while the instructor uses a checklist to mark each required step. Which assessment tool is most suitable?
Which teaching aid is most appropriate for showing the changing stages of pressure injury development during a classroom session?
A nurse educator demonstrates nasogastric tube feeding, then asks students to practise while receiving correction. Which teaching method is being used?
After a lecture on tuberculosis prevention, which evaluation activity best measures whether students can apply the information?
A clinical instructor observes a student preparing an injection and gives feedback during the procedure, then observes the student again the next day. What is the main purpose of this evaluation?
Which statement is an essential characteristic of a well-written learning objective?