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Overview
This course has been approved for 8 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 2008, 2009, 1/15/10 through 12/31/10, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
The course presents educational theories and reviews the process of patient teaching. It also addresses important topics, including the impact of culture, patients' compliance, teaching for different age groups and for those with low health literacy skills, and the importance of teach-back methods. The final chapter explains how to help patients evaluate the information they find on the Internet and lists a variety of organizations and government websites.
Goals and Learning Outcomes
- Explain why appropriate, quality patient education is a growing need in the U.S.
- Describe two theories that are relevant to designing effective patient education programs
- List and describe all of the processes involved in patient education
- Discuss the role of the family in patient education and propose strategies to build a teaching partnership with family members
- Discuss the potential impact of the patient’s age and developmental level on patient education
- State ways in which culture influences healthcare practices and patient education
- Describe an incident of noncompliance and the ways in which a nurse could have helped patients and families follow treatment recommendations
- Explain methods to help teach patients who have low literacy skills
- Identify two appropriate resources for successful patient education
- List three methods patients and families can use to evaluate healthcare information from the Internet
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 1/1/2001
60083
Course Author
PhD, NP, MSN, FAAN
Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
This course has been approved for 8 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 2008, 2009, 1/15/10 through 12/31/10, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.