Which category includes ensuring proper performance and knowledge of skills?

Which category includes ensuring proper performance and knowledge of skills?

• A. Cognitive skills
• B. Personal skills
• C. Psychomotor skills
• D. Communication skills

Answer: (C)

In nursing education, skills are organized into cognitive (thinking and knowledge), psychomotor (hands-on ability and performance), and affective (attitudes). When the item asks about ensuring proper performance and knowledge of skills, it targets the psychomotor domain. This domain encompasses the actual execution of procedures—how well a person can perform a skill with accuracy, coordination, and safety—while still relying on the necessary procedural knowledge to guide the steps. So it isn’t just knowing how to do something (that’s cognitive), and it isn’t about communication or personal demeanor. It’s about the ability to perform the skill correctly in practice.

In nursing education, skills are organized into cognitive (thinking and knowledge), psychomotor (hands-on ability and performance), and affective (attitudes). When the item asks about ensuring proper performance and knowledge of skills, it targets the psychomotor domain. This domain encompasses the actual execution of procedures—how well a person can perform a skill with accuracy, coordination, and safety—while still relying on the necessary procedural knowledge to guide the steps. So it isn’t just knowing how to do something (that’s cognitive), and it isn’t about communication or personal demeanor. It’s about the ability to perform the skill correctly in practice.