1. Chapter 21
Client Education

2. Teaching-Learning Process
Planned interaction
Promotes behavioral change
Not result of maturation or coincidence
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3. Teaching-Learning Process
Active process
Learning
Assimilating information with change in behavior

4. Purposes of Client Teaching
Promotion of wellness
Prevention of disease and injury
Restoration of health
Facilitation of coping abilities

5. Facilitators of Learning
Relevance
Motivation
Readiness
Maturation
Reinforcement
Participation
Organization
Repetition

6. Barriers to Learning External barriers: Internal barriers:
Environmental
Sociocultural
Internal barriers:
Psychological
Physiological

7. Domains of Learning Cognitive Psychomotor Affective
Intellectual understanding
Psychomotor
Motor skills
Affective
Emotions and attitudes

8. Professional Responsibilities Related to Teaching
Legal aspects:
Health teaching is essential function of nursing
Required in nurse practice acts of most states
Mandated by several accrediting bodies
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9. Professional Responsibilities Related to Teaching
Documentation aspects:
Content
Teaching methods
Who was taught
Client and family response

10. Learning throughout the Life Cycle
All people capable of learning
Children
Adolescents
Older adults

11. Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process
Interdependent processes
Consist of:
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
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12. Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process
Assessment
Learning styles:
Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic
Learning needs
Potential learning needs
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13. Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process
Assessment
Ability to learn
Readiness to learn
Client’s strengths
Previous experience and knowledge base
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14. Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process
Nursing diagnosis
Deficient knowledge
Lack of knowledge
Primary barrier to learning
May be component of other nursing diagnoses in which risk or impaired behavior exists
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15. Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process
Planning and outcome identification
Content
Methods
Individuals
Timing
Location
Goal setting
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16. Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process
Planning and outcome identification
Teaching vulnerable populations
Developmental delays
Chronic illness
Low literacy skills
Sensory impairments
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17. Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process
Implementation
Knowledge base
Interpersonal skills
Teaching clients at home
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18. Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process
Evaluation
Learning
Verbal questioning
Observation
Return demonstration
Written follow-up
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19. Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process
Evaluation
Teaching
Feedback from learners, colleagues, and situations
Self-evaluation