Chapter 6- Patient Education and Drug Therapy Flashcards
What are the 3 Domains of Learning?
Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor. One or a combination of these domains should be addressed in any patient educational session.
What can help you maximize outcome criteria?
By assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the teaching you provide.
What types of information are gathered during an assessment?
Objective and Subjective Data
Accurate assessment of learning needs and readiness to learn always requires______?
A look at the whole patient, including educational resources, cultural values, health practices, and literacy issues.
Be aware of non-verbal communication because____
A discrepancy between verbal and non-verbal communication warrants investigation because often, patients will not tell you how they truly feel.
deficient knowledge
diagnoses that refers to a situation in which the patient, caregiver or significant other has a limited knowledge base or skill with regard to the medication or medication regimen.
Factors that may lead to noncompliance
lack of ability of the parent, family, or caregiver to administer the medication; other physical emotional, or socioeconomic factors. These factors can be diagnosed as ineffective health maintenance.
What happens after learning needs have been assessed and diagnosed?
Planning Phase of the teaching-learning process
What happens during the planning phase of the teaching-learning process?
With mutual understanding, the nurse and patient identify goals and outcome criteria that are associated with the identified nursing diagnosis and are able to relate them to the specific medication the patient is taking.
What is included in the implementation phase?
Conveying specific information about the medication to the patient, family, or caregiver.
Evaluation of _____ is a critical component of safe and effective drug administration.
patient learning
In educational sessions, patients need to receive information through as many ______ as possible
Senses: include pamphlets, videos, diagrams…etc to maximize learning.
Research has shown that written materials should be at an_____ grade reading level
8th
Complete a medication _____ that includes_____
Calendar; names of the drugs along with the dosage and frequency.
Documentation of the education should include___?
Content provided, strategies used, patient’s response, and an overall evaluation of the learning.
