A nurse is preparing to provide health education to a client newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. What is the best initial step to assess the client’s readiness to learn?
Provide the client with educational materials about diabetes management.
Evaluate if the client is ready to learn because they are actively attending the appointment.
Assess the client’s posture and eye contact during the consultation.
Ask the client what they know about the condition and how they feel about learning more.
The correct answer is to ask the client about their understanding of the condition and how they feel about learning more. This approach centers the client, enabling the nurse to understand the client’s current knowledge, emotional state, and motivation, which are key aspects of readiness to learn. Simply providing educational materials without assessing readiness does not ensure that the client is open or able to engage with the information. Observing posture and eye contact or evaluating readiness based solely on attendance focuses on superficial aspects that may not accurately reflect the client’s actual psychological or emotional state, leading to an incomplete understanding of their readiness to learn.
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