Patient Education In Rehabilitation

As a science, it consists of 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 (client) satisfaction. This text applies patient education skills to the clinical rehabilitation process. Complete with chapter objectives, case studies, summaries, appendices, and a glossary, this new book is ideal for all rehabilitation professionals.

St. Joseph Rehabilitation Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Detailed comprehensive manual for nurses and other rehabilitation professionals to use in the education of rehabilitation patients and their families. Includes handouts and forms. 0

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.

Incorporating a patient-focused perspective on communication and health care, this new title for physical and occupational therapists and students provides practical strategies for effective communication with both colleagues and patients. Written in a straightforward, easy-to-understand style, it offers a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach and an emphasis on reflective practice, making it a timely and useful resource for today's readers. Discusses strategies for communicating with both colleagues and patients Examines the evidence for the importance of effective communication in enhancing clinical effectiveness Contains reflective exercises for self-awareness of personal communication skills and difficulties Provides case studies that allow the reader to analyze a range of realistic communication problems Includes research-based evidence throughout

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.

The Aspen Center for Patient Education (ACPE) is dedicated to the development of low-literacy patient education materials in both English and Spanish. Health literacy represents a major challenge to health care professionals with nearly half of the U.S. population at or below the ninth grade level. More than 20% of the U.S. population cannot read materials at the fourth or fifth grade level. JCAHO Patient and Family Education Standards specify that health care professionals consider their patient's literacy, education level, and language in providing health instruction. Working with a distinguished list of counsulting editors, ACPE editors create practical, hands-on patient education materials across the complete spectrum of health care at both the third and sisth grade reading level in both English and Spanish. A comprehensive reference volume, the Stroke Rehabilitation Patient Education Manual supplies patient and practitioner information spanning the stages of stroke rehabilitation, the many risk factors, prevention of recurring strokes, and various treatments. This manual contains charts, guidelines, instructions, procedures, and other tools to aid in rehabilitation and facilitate patient compliance.

All members of the interdisciplinary spinal cord injury rehabilitation teamphysicians, therapists, social workers, and psychologistswill turn to this comprehensive resource manual for their wide range of patient counseling needs. the manual provides both patient education and practitioner-reference materials on all aspects of rehabilitation, including risk factors and daily living strategies. Easy-to-follow reproducible handouts, guidelines, instruction lists, and other tools designed especially for individuals with spinal cord injury and their caregivers make this manual especially user-friendly.