• To help individuals, families, or communities achieve optimal levels of health

·        Maintenance and Promotion of Health and Illness Prevention

o       ANA supports a focus on promoting health and preventing illness.

·        Restoration of Health

·        Coping with Impaired Functioning

 TEACHING AND LEARNING

·        Role of the Nurse in Teaching and Learning

o       Teach information the patient and family needs to make informed decisions regarding their care.

o       Determine what patients need to know.

o       Identify when patients are ready to learn.

·        Teaching as Communication

o       Closely parallels the communication process.

o       Depends in part on effective interpersonal communication.

o       The learning objective describes what the learner will be able to accomplish after instruction is given.

Cognitive Learning

Affective Learning

Psychomotor Learning

·        Cognitive Learning-

·        Affective Learning-

·        Involves acquiring skills that require integration of mental and muscular activity

Motivation to Learn

Ability to Learn

Learning Environment

Health Literacy

·        Depends on physical and cognitive abilities, developmental level, physical wellness, thought processes

·        Nurses need to assess all factors that influence content, ability to learn, and resources available:

o       Expectation of learning

o       Learning needs

o       Motivation to learn

o       Ability to learn

o       Teaching environment

o       Resources for learning

o       Health literacy and learning disability

·        Select the nursing diagnosis that reflects the patient’s learning needs after the assessment is completed.

o       Clarifying the diagnosis by domain helps the nurse focus on the subject matter and teaching methods.

·        Determine goals and expected outcomes that guide the choice of teaching strategies and approaches with a patient:

o       Set priorities.

o       Select timing to teach.

·        Maintain learning attention and participation.

o       Build on existing knowledge.

o       Select teaching approach.

o       Incorporate teaching with nursing care.

o       Select appropriate instructional methods.

o       Illiteracy and other disabilities.

o       Cultural diversity.

o       Using different teaching tools.

o       Special needs of children and older adults.

·        Necessary to determine whether the patient  has learned the material

o       Helps to reinforce correct behavior and change an incorrect behavior