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Standards for Patient Education *All state Nurse Practice Acts recognize that
patient education is a professional responsibility of
every nurse.
*Patient education is considered a basic nursing
competency.
*As a nurse you need to ensure that education
takes place, evaluate if learning occurred, and
document all steps of the process
Patient Education is considered a basic nursing competency by the
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
(AACN), National League for Nursing (NLN), The
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Institute, and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). In
addition, health care-accrediting organizations
such as The Joint Commission (TJC) require that
patients receive education and training specific to
their needs
,Nurses play an important role in providing information about illnesses and health
and facilitating communication between the patient
and the health care team to promote continuity of
care.
All state nurse practice acts recognize that patient education is a professional
responsibility of every nurse.
"You can't be a nurse without being a Healthy People 2020 identifies patient education as
teacher!" a key strategy to improve health behaviors.
The goal of patient education is to help individuals,
families, or communities achieve optimal levels of
health, safety, and independence
Maintenance and promotion of health and illness
prevention includes topics such as first aid,
avoidance of risk factors, immunizations, nutrition,
exercise, safety, and health screenings.
Restoration of health includes topics such as cause
of disease, origin of symptoms, prognosis,
medications, tests and therapies, nursing measures,
and surgery.
Coping with impaired functions includes topics
such as home care, self-care devices, physical
therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy,
prevention of complications, and environmental
alterations.
Review Box 12-1 in the textbook for a more
comprehensive list of topics for health education.
,Purpose of Patient Education 1: Health Maintenance and Illness Prevention
2. Restoration of Health
3. Coping with Impaired Function.
Purposes of Patient Education: 1 Examples:
Health Maintenance and Illness *Prenatal care classes
Prevention *Workplace health
*First aid
*Avoidance of risk factors (smoking, alcohol)
*Nutrition & exercise
Purposes of Patient Education: 2 *Injured patients need information to help restore
Restoration of Health or improve their level of health
*Patients need to learn about the disease or
condition
*Need to learn about the treatments: such as
medications, tests, therapies
Purposes of Patient Education: 3 *Not all patients fully recover from illness or injury.
Coping with Impaired Function *Patients need education to learn to cope with
permanent health changes.
*Teaching involves such subjects as home care,
rehabilitation, and prevention of further
complications
Teaching-Defined An interactive process that promotes learning
, Teaching-Defined Detain... *It is impossible to separate teaching from learning.
*Effective teaching relies on effective and
continuous communication between the teacher
and the learner.
*The teaching process closely parallels the
communication process.
*Effective nurses include patient-centered
education in every patient encounter and promote
learning by communicating in a language
recognized by the patient.
*To be an effective teacher, be ready to evaluate
the success of a teaching plan and provide positive
reinforcement to your patient.
Learning-Defined The purposeful acquisition of knowledge, attitudes,
behaviors, or skills
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Standards for Patient Education *All state Nurse Practice Acts recognize that
patient education is a professional responsibility of
every nurse.
*Patient education is considered a basic nursing
competency.
*As a nurse you need to ensure that education
takes place, evaluate if learning occurred, and
document all steps of the process
Patient Education is considered a basic nursing competency by the
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
(AACN), National League for Nursing (NLN), The
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Institute, and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). In
addition, health care-accrediting organizations
such as The Joint Commission (TJC) require that
patients receive education and training specific to
their needs
,Nurses play an important role in providing information about illnesses and health
and facilitating communication between the patient
and the health care team to promote continuity of
care.
All state nurse practice acts recognize that patient education is a professional
responsibility of every nurse.
"You can't be a nurse without being a Healthy People 2020 identifies patient education as
teacher!" a key strategy to improve health behaviors.
The goal of patient education is to help individuals,
families, or communities achieve optimal levels of
health, safety, and independence
Maintenance and promotion of health and illness
prevention includes topics such as first aid,
avoidance of risk factors, immunizations, nutrition,
exercise, safety, and health screenings.
Restoration of health includes topics such as cause
of disease, origin of symptoms, prognosis,
medications, tests and therapies, nursing measures,
and surgery.
Coping with impaired functions includes topics
such as home care, self-care devices, physical
therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy,
prevention of complications, and environmental
alterations.
Review Box 12-1 in the textbook for a more
comprehensive list of topics for health education.
,Purpose of Patient Education 1: Health Maintenance and Illness Prevention
2. Restoration of Health
3. Coping with Impaired Function.
Purposes of Patient Education: 1 Examples:
Health Maintenance and Illness *Prenatal care classes
Prevention *Workplace health
*First aid
*Avoidance of risk factors (smoking, alcohol)
*Nutrition & exercise
Purposes of Patient Education: 2 *Injured patients need information to help restore
Restoration of Health or improve their level of health
*Patients need to learn about the disease or
condition
*Need to learn about the treatments: such as
medications, tests, therapies
Purposes of Patient Education: 3 *Not all patients fully recover from illness or injury.
Coping with Impaired Function *Patients need education to learn to cope with
permanent health changes.
*Teaching involves such subjects as home care,
rehabilitation, and prevention of further
complications
Teaching-Defined An interactive process that promotes learning
, Teaching-Defined Detain... *It is impossible to separate teaching from learning.
*Effective teaching relies on effective and
continuous communication between the teacher
and the learner.
*The teaching process closely parallels the
communication process.
*Effective nurses include patient-centered
education in every patient encounter and promote
learning by communicating in a language
recognized by the patient.
*To be an effective teacher, be ready to evaluate
the success of a teaching plan and provide positive
reinforcement to your patient.
Learning-Defined The purposeful acquisition of knowledge, attitudes,
behaviors, or skills
