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Lesson 23
Patient Education
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Nursing
Professional
10/06/2012

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The patient care partnership (AHA) formerly
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Patient’s bill of Rights
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Clients have a right to make
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informed decisions about their care.
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Clients have the right to and are encouraged to obtain from direct caregivers
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accurate, complete, relevant and understandable information.
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Know Your Rights Campaign (TJC, 2007)
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Clients have a right to be informed about the care they will receive, get information about care in their language, know the names of their caregivers, receive treatment for pain, receive an up-to-date list of current medications and expect that they will be heard and treated with respect.
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Purposes of Client Education:
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Maintenance and promotion of health and illness prevention…Restoration of health (how to get and stay well)…Coping with impaired functioning (helping the patient to live with their illness / disability and teaching them ways to live with it.
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Teaching:
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Interactive process – not just giving information, Conscious, deliberate set of actions, Assist individuals to gain knowledge, change attitudes, adopt new behaviors, perform skills, Is most effective when in response to learner’s need
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Learning:
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Purposeful acquisition of new knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills;   Internal mental changes – knowledge doesn’t change behavior.
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The “key” is to communication:
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The right information (what they need to know); The right timing (when they are ready to learn); The right teaching method (for this patient and this family)
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Teaching as communication:
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Utilizes learning objectives: very specific – what your expected outcome will be; Organized in logical sequence – clear, direct; Progresses from simple to complex; Utilizes feedback – positive reinforcement – as evaluation method
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The nurse’s approach is SO important – how the nurse presents things:
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attitude/beliefs/ feelings/demeanor/trusting - you have to be nonjudgmental.
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cognitive learning
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discussion/ lecture ie s/sx of disease
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affective learning
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discussion/ group ie support group
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Psychomotor learning
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demonstration/ practice ie show how to do something
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Basic Learning Principles
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1. Motivation to learn 2. Ability to learn. 3. Learning enviornment
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Motivation to learn
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The desire/ willingness to learn and interest in the topic – the mental state that they are ready to learn!
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Attention set –
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getting the client’s attention!
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Attention set is influenced by:
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Environmental distractions - people, noisy TV; Level of comfort and energy – hungry/pain won’t learn; Anxiety – just the right amount of anxiety motivates you, too much anxiety, incapacitates you
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Compliance –
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adherence to therapy
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Noncompliance – ex:
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men who won’t take BP meds because it causes impotence OR not taking bipolar meds because they make you feel bad
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Active participation:
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getting involved in the process of creating/implementing the plan
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Relationship between psychosocial adaptation to illness, grief and learning
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Denial/disbelief; Anger; Bargaining; Resolution; Acceptance
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Teaching begins when they’ve reached
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resolution stage
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Client begins to express emotions openly when he
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realizes illness has created changes
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Ability to learn
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Developmental capability – cognitive or intellectual abilities
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Remember that age is not synonymous with
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developmental level.
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Learning in Children and Adults – teaching methods based on client’s
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developmental capacity
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Physical capability –
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size, strength, coordination, sensory acuity, pain, energy
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