Patient education Flashcards
Who sets the standards for patient and family education.
The joint commission
What act of all states recognize that patient teaching falls within the scope of nursing practice.
Nurse practice act
Purpose of patient education
help individuals, families, community to achieve optimal health
Patient education includes:
maintenance and promotion of health and illness prevention
restoration of health
coping with impaired function
An interactive process that promotes learning
teaching
The purposeful acquisition of knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes
learning
Role of the nurse in teaching and learning
teach info that patient and family need to know
determine what the patient needs to known
identify when patient are ready to learn
Speak up when?
have questions or concerns pay attention the the care you get educate self about illness trusted family participate in all decisions
Domains of learning include:
cognitive, affective, and psychomotor
includes all intellectual behaviors and requires thinking
discussion, question and answer, discovery
cognitive
deal with expression of feelings and acceptance of attitudes, opinions, or values
Role play, one on one
affective
involves acquiring skills that require integration of mental and muscular activity
demonstrations, practice, return demonstration, project games
psychomotor
Basic learning principles include
motivation to learn
ability to learn
learning environment
addresses the patient’s desire or willingness to learn
motivation
depends on physical and cognitive abilities, developmental level, physical wellness , though process
ability to learn