Essentials of Patient Education

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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.

Key Features:
Coverage of health literacy
Chapters dedicated to gender, socioeconomics, culture and persons with disabilities
Discussion of compliance and motivation issues
Includes the determinants of learning which captures critical information on the learner
Case studies offer the opportunity to apply the teaching and learning principles featured in the chapter

Instructor Resources:
Lecture outlines in PowerPoint format
Learning Activities
Assessments

• Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy
• Community Health Nursing: Caring for the Public's Health
• Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults
• Gerontological Nursing Competencies for Care
• Fischbach's A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
• Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach
• You Bet Your Life!: The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes
• Storied Health and Illness: Communicating Personal, Cultural, and Political Complexities
• Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span
• Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care