Assessing Readiness To Learn

Assessing Readiness to Learn

Experiential readiness is those factors that affect a person’s ability to learn or the way they learn. This could be their present and past experiences, cultural background, learning style, and etc. Emotional readiness is driven by one’s motivation. Motivation is greater when one perceives that the health information is of benefit to their lives. Also a person’s psychosocial adaptation to their health condition influences their emotional readiness to learn. If they are experiencing high anxiety or stress levels, or if they are in denial, they are often not ready to learn. It is vital to give the person a chance to express how they are feeling about their condition and what is expected of them. And lastly, …show more content…
This will be a huge transition for the client, so underlying issues and factors need to be addressed, if any to ensure that actual learning takes place. Eating healthy, regular exercise, medication administration, and checking the blood glucose levels daily are important components that I will teach my client about. Eating healthy is most associated with the client’s experiential readiness to learn. The client’s cultural background is very significant in the types of foods consumed by the client. Also, the client may have had present or past experiences with eating disorders. When beginning to teach about the importance of exercise, I would assess the client’s experiential and emotional readiness to learn. If there is high anxiety and stress in the client, learning will not be achieved. Before I can teach my patient about the use of insulin and the administration, I must assess their developmental readiness psychologically and intellectually. To check the blood glucose level in the home setting requires discipline, the ability to retain knowledge, and follow