Patient Education: Principles & Practice

Extensively revised, this practical reference offers a clear and concise theory-based approach to educating patients of all ages and their families in a variety of health care settings. Strategies for developing and implementing patient-education programs are provided throughout the text. A newly revised format incorporates stronger clinical application and case studies, and provides new information on group teaching; outpatient and ambulatory care patient education; community-based nursing and health promotion. Five new chapters have been added to the Fourth Edition , including a chapter on Web-based resources for patient education and a chapter devoted to risk factor reduction. The addition of a second color enhances and highlights important aspects of the text, enabling readers to tune in more easily to essential information