unit 1 Flashcards
how does teaching benifit nurses?
- Patient education leads to increase competence in self-management
- Variety of positions
- shift from medical model to family and patient entered care
what is the purpose of nurse education.
to increase the competence and confidence of patients to manage their own self-care and of staff and students to deliver high-quality care
what is the benefit of nursing education to patients
- increases quality of care/ life
- improves satisfaction
- ensures continuity of care
benefit of nurse education in general
- reduces incidence of illness complications
- increases compliance with treatment
- decreases anxiety
- maximizes independence
education benefits for nurses
- enhances trust in therapeutic relationships
- improves knowledge and skills
- increases autonomy (working within scope) in practice
benefit of preceptor education for nursing students.
- prepared clinical preceptors
- continuity of teaching/learning from classroom curriculum
- evaluation and improvement of student clinical skills
what is the goal of nurse education
to increase self care responsibility of clients and to improve the quality delivered by nurses
education process
a systematic, sequential, planned course of action on the part of both the teacher and learner to achieve the outcomes of teaching and learning
teaching/ instruction
a deliberate intervention that involves sharing information and experiences to meet the intended learner outcomes
learning
a change in behavior (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) that can be observed and measured, and can occur at any time or in any place as a result of exposure to environmental stimuli
patient education
the process of helping clients learn health-related behaviors to achieve the goal of optimal health and independence in self-care
staff education
the process of helping nurses acquire knowledge, attitudes, and skills to improve the delivery of quality care to the consumer
- new skills developed
- learn from co-workers
what are the characteristics of adult learning?
- Life experience
- Preferred learning style
- Prefer active involvement
- Desire for connection & support
- Social context affects learning
ASSURE Model
assist nurses to organize and carry out the education process.
A- analyze the learner
S- state objectives
S- select instructional methods and materials
U- use teaching materials
R- require learner performance
E- evaluate/ revise the teaching/ learning process
what are the 6 steps to negotiate behaviour change?
1) Build a partnership
2) Negotiate an agenda
3) Assess resistance and motivation
4) Enhance mutual understanding
5) Implement a plan
6) Follow through
SRNA Standards and Foundation Competencies:
Standard I
Professional Responsibility & Accountability #11 – Promotes current evidence-informed best practices
SRNA Standards and Foundation Competencies:
Standard II
Knowledge-Based Practice #26 – Applies a knowledge base from nursing and other disciplines in the practice of registered nursing #34 – Facilitates client engagement in identifying their health needs, strengths, capacities and goals #35 – In collaboration with the client, performs an assessment of physical, emotional, spiritual, cognitive, developmental, environmental, social, and learning needs, including the client’s beliefs about health and wellness. #42 uses principles of primary health care and patient-and-family centered care in developing plans of care #51 – Supports clients through developmental and role transitions across the lifespan #55 – Implements learning plans to meet identified client learning needs
SRNA Standards and Foundation Competencies:
Standard III
Ethical Practice #68 – Supports clients in making informed decisions about their health care
what are the roles of a nurse educator?
-educate: patients and their family members, nursing students, nursing staff, and other agency personnel
Nurses function in the role of educator as:
- the giver of information
- the assessor of needs
- the evaluator of learning
- the reviser of appropriate methodology
barriers to teaching
-those factors impeding the nurse’s ability to optimally deliver educational services.
- lack of time to teach
- inadequate preparation of nurses to assume the role of educator with confidence and competence
- personal characteristics
- low-priority status given to teaching
- non-teaching environment
- doubt that patient education makes a difference
- poor documentation
obstacles to learning
those factors that negatively impact on the learner’s ability to attend to and process information.
- limited time -rapid discharge
- stress of acute and chronic illness, anxiety, sensory deficits, and low literacy
- functional health illiteracy
- lack of privacy
- lack in motivation, compliance, and readiness to learn
- extent of behavioural change required
- lack of support
- denial of need to change
culture
- dynamic lived process inclusive of beliefs, practices, and values
- comprising multiple variables which are inseparable from historical, economic, political, gender, religious, psychological, and biological conditions
