Course Code:1000277 College: HOPE school of nursing
Semester:Spring Intended Students: The third year students
Credits: 2 Instructor: Luo Dan (Chinese)
Course Content:
Course Objectives:
Completed this course, students will be able to
- Assess the individual needs of each patient and focusing specifically on various cultural, gender, age, and literacy issues
- Design and implement individually tailored, scientifically sound patient education that addresses the essential domains of knowledge, skills, and attitudes; focuses on coping mechanisms; and assesses achievement of educational objectives through valid and reliable methods
- Utilize appropriate methods to involve the patient and confirm the patient’s comprehension during the process of education.
- Provide instructions to patients and their significant others that are comprehensive and address home care skills, pain management, dietary recommendations, lifestyle modifications, follow-up care, and symptoms and signs that need to be brought to the attention of the health care works.
- Collaborate with other professions on approaches to enhance patient education and sharing of relevant and easily comprehensible educational materials
- Evaluate the impact of patient education on patient care using well-designed scientific methods