Essentials of Patient Education

Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools.Essentials of Patient Education, Second Edition prepares nurses for their increasing role in patient teaching, health education and health promotion. Highly revised, the Second Edition focuses on the basic principles of teaching and learning by emphasizing the role of the professional nurse in educating patients and families effectively and efficiently in various healthcare settings. The Second Edition explores new topics of motor learning and gender differences in the brain as well as, the ethics of patient education and the legal role of the nurse as mandated by state practice. The text features completely revised chapter content and updated references that provide evidence from research and theoretical foundations which substantiate content throughout the text.Key Features:Coverage of health literacyChapters dedicated to gender, socioeconomics, culture and persons with disabilitiesDiscussion of compliance and motivation issuesIncludes the determinants of learning which captures critical information on the learnerCase studies offer the opportunity to apply the teaching and learning principles featured in the chapterInstructor Resources:Lecture outlines in PowerPoint formatLearning ActivitiesAssessments