Patient Education Flashcards
What is the ultimate goal of patient education?
Pt achieves better health and functioning
What is teaching?
Transmission of intentionally made info to a recipient?
What is the purpose of Teaching?
Make a change in behavior
When about to teach a pt, what must you identify?
- Existing knowledge
- Learning preference
- Readiness to learn
What is essential of the information you are gonna teach?
- Accurate
- Complete
- Relevant
- Timely
What are the 3 domains of Learning?
- Cognitive
- More informational
- 1 on 1 instruction w/ written materials
- Affective
- Expression of feelings
- 1 to 1 Counselling
- Role play
- Psychomotor
- Acquisition of SKILLS
- Hands on
- Demonstration/ Return Demonstration
What are the basic learning principles?
- Stimulus to learn
- Readiness to learn
- Ability to learn
- Learning Environment
Aspects of the Stimulus to Learn.
- Proper Motivation
- Theory: Use a theory to enhance motivation and learning
- Culture
- Active Participation
How much do you retain when you read vs when you speak/do?
Read: 10%
Speak/Do: 90%
Aspects of Readiness to learn
- Attentional Set
- Meantally and physical. ready
- Positive factors of environment or family
- No obstacles like Physical Discomfort or Anxiety
- Phssychosocial adaptation
- Grieving or emotions
Aspects of the ability to learn
- Developmental Capacity: Cognitive development, Physiological motor language and social development
- Health Literacy
- General Literacy
- Physical Capability
- Neurosensory issues
- Childrens stages
- Adult Ages
How to teach different child stages?
- Infant: Smile and speak softly
- Toddler: Play to teach
- Pre-School: Simple explanation and demonstrations
- School: Hands on skills and answer questions
- Adolescent: Teach collaboratively and allow them to make decisions
How to teach different adult ages?
- Be self directed to them and collaborate to determine goals
- Young and Middle Age:
- Offer info of health problems
- Set goals with them
- Older Adults:
- Teach when they’re alert and rested
- Involve them
- Individualize them
Factors of learning environment?
- Room must be:
Well lit
Have good furniture
Quiet and private
have good ventilation
comfortable temp. - Appropriate group size of ~6 or less
- Right sized room
- Verify everyone can be seen and heard
What are some problems that can affect teaching?
- Nurses time
- Pt availability
- Lack of space and privacy
- Teaching is not a priority for many (Nurses don’t get paid for it)
What pt issues can affect learning?
- Illness
- Fatigue
- Anxiety
- Personal stress
- Teacher may use complex med term that confuses the patient
- Potential Behavioral issues
- May not think info is needed
- Lack of support
What are some issues with using technology to teach?
- Lack of social interaction
- Poor motivation (Low interest and complicated)
- Tech difficulties
- Pt may not have access to internet at home
- Older pt’s may not know how to use technology
What is a teaching strategy?
Method used to present the info
Elements of scheduling?
- Verify there’s enough time to teach
- Short time frames, bursts not lectures
Teaching Tactics
- Telling or participating
- Entrusting: Let pt preform skills
-Reinforce
When teaching in a group what is the most efficient amount of people?
6 or less
What is preparatory info?
Info given prior to a procedure to prepare them
What is one literary device that work amazingly when teaching?
Analogies (Heart is like a pump)
What does a simulation help improve?
- Problem solving
- Application
- thinking
