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Health .Education .- .ANS✓✓-as .the .principle .by .which
individuals .and .group .of .people .learn .to .behave .in
a .manner .conducive .to .the .promotion,
maintenance, .or .restoration .of .health
as .the .principle .by .which
individuals .and .group .of .people .learn .to .behave .in
a .manner .conducive .to .the .promotion,
maintenance, .or .restoration .of .health .- .ANS✓✓-
Involves .giving .information .and .teaching .and
communities .how .to .achieve .better .health, .a
common .role .within .nursing.
Definition .acc. .To .WHO .Health .Promotion
Glossary .- .ANS✓✓-"Health .education .comprises .consciously
constructed .opportunities .for .learning .involving
some .form .of .communication .designed .to .improve
health .literacy, .including .improving .knowledge,
and .developing .skills .which .are .conducive .to
individual .and .community .health."
Mid .- .1800's .(Florence .Nightingale) .- .ANS✓✓-
Nursing .was .recognized .as .a .unique .discipline.
Teaching .has .been .recognized .as .an .important
health .care .initiative .assumed .by .the .nurses.
Mid .- .1800's .(Florence .Nightingale) .- .ANS✓✓-
Florence .Nightingale .is .the .ultimate .educator
because .she .dedicated .a .large .portion .of .her
career .in .educating .those .who .are .involved .in .the
delivery .of .healthcare .(Physicians, .nurses, .and
health .officials)
Mid .- .1800's .(Florence .Nightingale) .- .ANS✓✓-
Focus .is .not .only .on .the .care .of .the .sick .but .also
on .educating .other .nurses .for .professional
practice.
, Early .1900 .- .ANS✓✓-Public .health .nurses .in .the .US .began .to
understand .the .importance .of .education .in .the
prevention .of .disease .and .maintenance .of .health.
1918 .- .ANS✓✓-NLNE .(National .League .for .Nursing .Education)
observed .the .importance .of .health .teaching .as .a
function .within .the .scope .of .nursing .practice.
1950 .- .ANS✓✓-NLNE .identified .the .course .content .dealing .with
teaching .skills, .developmental .and .educational
psychology,and .principles .of .educational .process
of .teaching .and .learning .as .areas .in .the .curriculum
common .to .all .nursing .schools.
Today .- .ANS✓✓-State .Nurse .Practice .Acts .(NPAs) .universally
include .teaching .within .the .scope .of .nursing
practice.
nurse .educator .- .ANS✓✓-healer
to .expert .advisor/teacher .to .facilitator .of
change.
nurse .educator .- .ANS✓✓-train .the
trainer.
prevention-oriented
approach .- .ANS✓✓-Nurse .Educator's .role .evolved .from:
● .Disease-oriented .approach .to
➔ .Potential .of .increasing .the .quality .of .life
➔ .Leading .a .disability-free .life
➔ .Decreasing .the .costs .of .healthcare; .and
➔ .Managing .independently .at .home
through .an .anticipatory .teaching
approach. .- .ANS✓✓-research .must .be .conducted .on .the .benefits .of
patient .education .as .it .relates .to:
Human .Biology .- .ANS✓✓-Teaching .also .directed .towards .the .need .for
exercise, .adequate .rest .and .sleep .information
about .the .adverse .habits
Nutrition .- .ANS✓✓-It .is .to .help .people .to .choose .optimum .and
balanced .diets
Personal .hygiene .- .ANS✓✓-to .promote .good
standards .of .personal .cleanliness
Enviromental .Hygiene .- .ANS✓✓-- .this .comprises
two .aspects .- .domestic .and .community