Client Education

Client Education: Theory and Practice focuses on health education and the role of health care providers, especially nurses, in working with clients such as individuals, families and groups, in health care institutions and community health settings. It covers the thorough assessment of clients in preparation for health education and examines the unique characteristics of children, adults, and culturally diverse learners. Client Education: Theory and Practice details how to prepare a teaching plan, write learning objectives, and select teaching strategies and instructional materials with ample examples. Further, a comprehensive examination of formative and summative evaluation completes the book. Each chapter includes a sample client-based teaching plan that incorporates the theory presented to help students understand and apply their knowledge.

Table of Contents: Overview of the Miller-Stoeckel client education model Thinking and learning Theories and principles of learning Learner and setting assessment Child learner Adult learner Older learner Culturally diverse learner Nurse educator as learner Client education plan Teaching strategies Instructional materials Formative evaluation Summative evaluation Application of the Miller-Stoeckel client education model.

Essentials of Patient Education, Second Edition prepares nurses for their increasing role in patient teaching, health education and health promotion. Highly revised, the Second Edition focuses on the basic principles of teaching and learning by emphasizing the role of the professional nurse in educating patients and families effectively and efficiently in various healthcare settings. The Second Edition explores new topics of motor learning and gender differences in the brain as well as, the ethics of patient education and the legal role of the nurse as mandated by state practice. The text features completely revised chapter content and updated references that provide evidence from research and theoretical foundations which substantiate content throughout the text. -- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents: Patient adherence as an outcome of effective patient teaching Toward a model of patient-centered teaching Enhancing patient motivation : increasing adherence Individual factors in patient teaching and patient adherence Patient teaching through the lifespan : a developmental perspective The family, patient-centered teaching, and patient adherence Cultural issues in patient teaching and patient adherence Communicating effectively in patient teaching : enhancing patient adherence Building patient partnerships : facilitating patient participation in patient-centered teaching Health literacy in patient education and patient adherence Patient teaching and complementary and alternative medicine Patient teaching and patient adherence issues for older adults Patient teaching about end-of-life issues Ethical issues in patient teaching and patient adherence Informed consent Instructional aids in patient teaching : used or abused Research and evaluation in patient teaching and patient adherence Building an effective patient education team : promoting patient-centered patient teaching.

As patient education is a fundamental component of nursing practice, this text prepares nurses for their increasing roles in patient teaching, health promotion and education. This application-based text addresses the needs and characteristics of the learner and discusses relevant instructional approaches.

Patient education is an important aspect of the rehabilitation process. As a science, it consists of the health care professional's development of patient education skills. Delivering information, education, and training in rehabilitation is intended to promote and optimize clinical interventions including compliance, continuity of care, and patient satisfaction. This text applies patient education skills to the clinical rehabilitation process. In a reader-friendly manner, it explores various teaching and learning theories, models of instruction, as well as communication, ethical, legal and cu

Effective Patient Education helps health professionals and students develop the skills and knowledge to conduct effective patient education in a highly efficient way. It emphasizes a team approach to patient education, recognizing that, because of the complexity of health care, many health professionals are involved in patient care. This book is therefore written for nurses, physicians, physical therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, and other health care professionals who share responsibility to guide their patients in enhancing and maintaining health and well-being.Effective patient education is a way of communicating that fosters a partnership between the patient and health professional. It involves more than giving information and instruction. In order to conduct effective patient education, health professionals must recognize that individual patient variables influence the degree to which a patient will follow health advice. The health professional can assess the patient's preexisting beliefs and attitudes, fears and anxieties, and individual life and family circumstances in order to communicate health recommendations in accordance with individual patient needs.