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10: Which factor serves as both a barrier to education and an obstacle to learning?
- ANSWER-Conditional factors such as the environment, the organizations culture, the
level of cooperation between disciplines, beliefs and knowledge of the team members,
types of patient education activities, and the patient population
11: What is the current status of research- and non-research-based evidence pertaining
to education?
- ANSWER-non research is prescriptive in nature and tends to offer anecdotal tips on
how to take individualized approaches to teaching and learning
more studies need to be done with different and specific populations
4: Which legal mandate universally includes teaching as a responsibility of nurses?
- ANSWER-Nurse Practice Acts
6: What is the current focus and orientation of patient education?
- ANSWER-to increase the competence and confidence of clients for self management
primary goal is to increase the responsibility and independence of clients for self care
7: Which social, economic, and political trends today make it imperative that patients
and nursing staff be adequately educated?
- ANSWER-Publication of Healthy People 2020
IOM recommendations
Affordable care act
expansion of medicaid
growth of managed care