Patient Education, Educative Nursing Practice Flashcards
what is educative nursing care?
The integration of patient education into nursing care focusing on empowering patients, families, and communities with knowledge and skills.
what is patient education?
Providing evidence-based information to help patients manage their health.
why is patient education important?
- Promotes self management
- reduces hospital readmissions
- enhances patient safety
- encourages preventative care
prior to 1960, what was nursing focused on?
nursing was task oriented and directed towards basic client care
what are the 5 main educative paradigms?
- behaviourism
- cognitivism
- humanism
- constructivism
- andragogy
what is behaviourism?
theory that states that learning occurs when teachers reinforce or reward the consequences of learning.
what is cognitivism?
theory that states that learners are logical, rational beings who learn best when actively involved in developing mental structures for processing information
what is humanism?
theory that states that learning is a process that has potential to foster the self-actualization of the learner in terms of deepening emotions, attitudes, and insights.
what is constructivism?
theory that states that people develop knowledge and meaning by building and reflecting on their experiences
what is andragogy
theory that recognizes adults learn in distinctly different ways
who is responsible for the behaviourism paradigm?
B. F. Skinner
who is responsible for the humanism paradigm?
Carl Rogers
who is responsible for the andragogy paradigm?
Malcolm Knowles
what is the personal vision of educative nursing practice?
What each nurse believes, values, and understands about the purposes of educative nursing practice
what are critical incident reflections?
Useful tools to help develop your personal vision of educative nursing practice
what is imposter syndrome as it relates to learning?
The student feels like someone who really shouldn’t be learning such difficult content.
what is emotionality in terms of learning?
Learning is described in emotional terms and assessed as a threat.
what is incremental fluctuation in relation to learning?
Learning rarely progress in a straight path, particularly if it is complicated and involves many new skills and new knowledge.
define learning climate
The context or the atmosphere in which learning takes place inlcluding the psychosocial aspects
what are domains of learning?
- cognitive
- affective
- psychomotor
what is the cognitive domain of learning?
All intellectual behaviors requiring thinking.
what is the affective domain of learning?
Expressions of feelings and acceptance of attitudes, opinions, and values.
what is the psychomotor domain of learning?
Acquiring skills through the integration of mental and muscular activity.
what are some teaching strategies nurses can use?
- one on one teaching
- group education
- written and digital sources
- teach back method
- demos and hands on learning
what is the teach-back method?
patient explains back to the nurse what they learned
define teaching
the act of imparting knowledge, skills, or information to others. It involves a deliberate effort to facilitate learning
define learning
the process of acquiring new knowledge, skills, behaviors, or values
what are the assumptions of the educative nursing framework?
- Dialogical and reciprocal
- Recognizes embodied knowledge
- Relational being and practice
- Nurses may rely on an eclectic-mix or single learning theories
- A situated process
how does the nursing process differ from the teaching process?
nursing process focuses on physical and psychosocial health needs while teaching process focuses on learning needs and ability to learn
what is health literacy?
- Capacity to obtain credible health information
- Ability to process, understand, and interpret medical instructions including statistics
- Ability to use information to make informed decisions
what is the focus in client centered care?
clients’ individual needs and preferences, and ensure clients are active participants in all aspects of their health care decisions
what is the power of 3 in nursing?
a tool for patient education and promotes adherence to mobility goals during a hospital stay, focusing on preventing infection, identifying fluid retention, and strengthening the heart.
wash, weigh, walk
what are the guidelines for facilitating client-centred learning?
- shame and blame free
- universal health literacy
- assess learning needs
- collaboration with patient
- use plain language, pictures and illustrations
- combination of educational strategies
define goal
an aspirational statement about what you want to achieve
define objective
describes how you’ll show progress toward your goal
what is the criteria of a SMART goal?
- specific
- measurable
- achievable
- relevant
- time bound
