NSE 11A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 15, 20: Psychomotor Learning, Motor Skill, Alcoholism
13 May 2015
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Patient education is one of the most important roles for nurses in any healthcare setting. Patients and families have the right to health education in order to make informed decisions. Some affects of health education are the following: about health and lifestyle: shorter hospital stays, incr. demands on nurses" time, incr. in numbers of patients with acute conditions. Patient education helps ensure continuity of care as patients move from one health care setting to another optimal health. The goal of patient education is to assist individuals, families, or communities in achieving. Patient education has three main goals: maintaining and promoting health and preventing illness, restoring health, optimizing quality of life with impaired functioning. In home, clinic, or community health care setting, you provide info. and skill people need to. Greater knowledge can result in better health. When patients become health conscious, they"re more likely to seek early diagnosis of health maintain and improve health problems.
