Intro to Patient Education Lecture

Question 1

Patient education

Answer 1

Patient’s right to know about their health so they can make intelligent, informed decisions about their care and lifestyle, informs patients about their options, how to promote wellness, what health problems to anticipate, how to assist with own treatment, how to cope with impaired functioning

Question 2

Passive patient problem

Answer 2

Make it difficult to place responsibility for change on the patient

Question 3

A good practitioner must be able to…

Answer 3

…convey complex information in an understandable way

Question 4

Example of importance of knowing relative value of each intervention you are proposing

Answer 4

-If you want a patient to stop smoking, drinking, having unprotected intercourse, wear seatbelts, decrease fatty food, and exercise, the primary important one would be wearing seatbelt ->easy to win, most immediate safety, hardest to quit? -> likely smoking or alcohol

Question 5

4 guidelines for working with a patient

Answer 5

1) Persistence
2) Consistence
3) Patient
4) Understanding

Question 6

4 guidelines of prescribing medication

Answer 6

1) When and how to take
2) Why they are taking
3) Intended effect
4) Side effects and adverse reactions that can occur
AND DOCUMENT ALL THIS

Question 7

4 guidelines of disease education

Answer 7

1) Explain to patient pathophys of disease in terms they understand
2) Possible morbidity or mortality associated with disease
3) How it is treated
4) What patients can do for themselves to manage disease

Question 8

6 guidelines of diagnostic study education

Answer 8

1) Explain why a test is needed
2) How the test is performed and where it will be done
3) any prep needed
4) Adverse reactions to test
5) When you expect to get results
6) Cost of test

Question 9

5 stages of grief

Answer 9

1) Denial - withdraw, disregard
2) Anger - Blames and complains, directs anger at healthcare personnel, family, and others
3) Bargaining - offer to live better life in exchange for promise of better health
4) Resolution - Patient begins to perceive and accept responsabiltiy for learning
5) Acceptance - Motivated to learn, actively strives for independence

Question 10

Teaching methods

Answer 10

1) Cognitive outcome - impart knowledge, comprehension, analysis, and evaluation
2) Affective outcome - Teaching attitudes, feelings, opinions, values
3) Psychomotor outcome - teach integration of how to perform an action mentally and physically