Response To Blooms Research Paper

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Blooms Research and Response Blooms Research and Response There are three specific domains in Blooms Taxonomy of Education. This paper will examine each area and how it affects nursing education and how useful it is with working with patients with hypertension. The areas according to Bloom’s Taxonomy are Cognitive domain based on knowledge, Affective domain based on attitude, and Psychomotor domain related to skills. It is important to understand how this theory came about. In 1956, Blooms Taxonomy of Educational Objectives was developed by Benjamin Bloom and a group of educators from the University of Chicago. “Blooms Taxonomy was created to classify learning objectives for teachers and students” (Bloom, 1956, p.1). The cognitive domain…show more content…
The patients will watch the nurse demonstrate taking their blood pressure and return demonstrate it to see if they fully understand the concept. Do they have a basic understanding of what their systolic and diastolic reading should be? Do they know how to make a low sodium diet? Which foods are highest in sodium content and should be avoided? Can they live with the modifications they have made? How well is the patient internalizing this information and claiming it as their own? Will this patient be able to progress to be more in control of their blood pressures? Do they understand the areas involved in improving their health and can they improvise proper alternatives when the routine goes amiss? There is much to consider in Bloom’s Taxonomy that we do every day in our professions without realizing. “In nearly any circumstance in which an instructor wishes to move a group of students through a learning process using an organized framework, Bloom’s Taxonomy has proven to be invaluable” (Bouchard, 2011, p.1). Our most important area in our job is being able to teach our patients. We need to assist our patients to learn how to live a higher quality of life while managing their chronic illness in a more productive manner. References Bloom B. ed. (1956) Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York. Longman. Bouchard, G. J. (2011). In Full Bloom: Helping Students Grow Using the Taxonomy Educational Objectives. Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 22 (4),
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