patient education Flashcards
teaching is ___
transmission of intentionally structured and sequenced information to a recipient
purpose of teaching is
to produce a change in behavior
learning is ____
purposeful acquisition of measurable factors through an experience or external stimulus
literacy is at what grade level education
5th
includes intellectual behaviors, requires thinking, storage/recall of information
cognitive learning
cognitive learning is ____
one-to-one instruction
what do we (nurses) teach?
health analogies, restoration of health, coping with impaired functions, and promotion of health and illness prevention
expression of feelings, development of attitudes, opinions, or values
affective learning
affective learning is
one-to-one counseling, role play
acquisition of skills, requires coordination and integration-mentally and physically, and “hands on” skill (kinesthetic learning)
psychomotor learning
what is the best option when teaching a patient?
psychomotor
psychomotor teaching tool to promote learning is
demonstration/return demonstration, practice
what is return demonstration?
consider characteristics of the learner, self-efficacy is the major concept (person’s perceived ability to successfully perform a task), and provides guidance to the educator to develop an effective teaching plan
retain is ___% read and ___% speak and do
10%, 90%
learning environment affects the person’s attention to instruction, what are factors of this?
room needs to be well-lit, appropriate furniture, quiet, private, good ventilation, and comfortable temperature
factors of the learning environment: group
appropriate number of participants (6 or fewer), right-sized room (not too big, not too small), verify all participants can see & hear one another
what are some challenges to teaching?
conflicting schedules (nurse’s time and patient availability), lack of space & privacy, not seem as a priority (nurse & organization), no 3rd party reimbursement for teaching
what are some challenges to learning?
illness, fatigue, other physical conditions, provider/nurses uses medical jargan & technical terms, overwhelming amount of behavioral change needed, does not perceive a need for information, and lack of support from family/caregivers
technology-based learning issues
lack of social interaction, poor learner motivation (lack of interest, complicated), technical difficulties, and lack of access to the internet
demonstration/return demonstration is most effective when
the patient observes the nurse, then during a return demonstration, the patient has a chance to practice skill
