EDUCATION IN

HEALTH CARE
 Learning Objectives
• Discuss the evolution of patient education in
health care & the teaching role of the nurses.
• Identify the purpose, goals, & benefits of
patient & nursing staff/student education?
• Compare the education process to nursing
process.
 Education Process
• is a systematic, sequential, logical,
scientifically based planned course of
action consisting of two major
interdependent operations; teaching and
learning
 Education
• an interaction process of imparting knowledge
through sharing, explaining, clarifying and
synthesizing the substantive content of the
learning process in order to arrive at a positive
judgement and well developed wisdom and
behavior.
 Teaching (instruction)
• Sharing of information and experience to
meet intended learner outcomes in the
cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains
according to an educational plan.
• Process of providing learning materials,
activities, situations and experiences that
enable the learners to acquire behavior.
• Could be formal or informal
 Health education
• The act of providing information and learning
experiences for the purposes of behavior
change for health betterment of the client.
 Patient Education(Patient Teaching)
• Process of assisting people to learn health
related behaviors that can be incorporated to
everyday life with the goal of optimal health
and independence in self care.
• One of the basic functions of nursing and
perceived as legal and moral requirement.
 Staff Education
• Process of influencing the behavior of nurses
by producing changes in their knowledge,
attitude and skills to help nurses maintain and
improve their competence for the delivery of
care to consumer.
Concepts of Nursing Health Education
• Brings changes in the behavior of student so
as to prepare her/him to play roles effectively
as an individual and as a good responsible
citizen.
 3 Phases:
1. Pre-nursing
➢ Spread information to prospective candidates
regarding nursing , working conditions, career
development, jobs (e.g. Booklets, pamphlets)
2. Nursing education
➢ Educators take care to produce skilled and efficient
nurses. Screen and evaluate performance.
3. Post-Nursing
➢ Licensure, Registration
Thank You!