INTRODUCTION

Patient education is a significan component of

modern health care.
The process of influencing patien behaviour
producing changes in knowledge, attitudes and
skills required to maintain and improve health.
The process may begin with the impartingof
information but also includes interpretation and
interaction of the information in such a manner
as it brings out attitudinal or behaviour changes.
Nurses' patient education is important for
building patients' knowledge, understanding
and preparedness for self-management. The
ultimate goal of patient educational
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program is to achieve long-lasting changes in
behavior by providing patients with the
knowledge to allow them to make autonomous
decisions to take ownership of their care as
much as possible and improve their own
outcomes.

 Definition
 Patient health education is the process of
influencing patient behaviour and producing
the changes in knowledge, attitudes and skills
necessary to maintain or improve health
through the provision of information and the
teaching of patients.

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  Patient health education is the process of
enabling individuals to make informed
decisions about their personal health-related
behaviour.
 Patient health education is the process by
which health professionals and others,
provide impart information to patients and
their caregivers that will alter their health
behaviours or improve their health status
 Patient education involves helping patients
become better informed about their
condition, medical procedures, and choices
they have regarding treatment

 The purpose of patient health education

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 To maintain and promote health.
 Prevent illness,restore the patient's health
 Teach the patients how to cope with their
conditions
 To increase knowledge and clarify
misconceptions about medical condition
 To implement new behaviors to adapt to
medical conditions and physical limitations
 To learn strategies to cope up with
psychosocial responses to disease and disability
To overcome barriers to compliance by
articulating
 To master behavioral changes required to
implement and continue with a treatment plan.

Importance of Patient health education

 It enables patients to assume better
responsibility for their own health care,
improving patients' ability to manage acute and
chronic disorders.

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 It provides opportunities to choose healthier
lifestyles and practice preventive medicine.
 It attracts patients to the provider and
increases patients' satisfaction with their care,
while at the same time decreasing the
provider's risk of liability.
 Promotes patient-centered care and as a result,
patients' active involvement in their plan of
care.
 Increases adherence to medication and
treatment regimens, leading to a more efficient
and cost- effective health care delivery system.
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 Ensures continuity of care and reduces the
complications related to illness and incidence of
disorders.
 Maximizes the individual's independence with
home exercise programs and activities that
promote independence in activities of daily
living as well as continuity of care.

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 The basic principles of patient health
education
 Understanding three key leaming styles and
implemeting them into my patient education,
 Building a rapport with my patient(s)
 Approaching patients at their level: both
Physically and intellectually,
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 Assessing the patient's level of readiness, past
experience, culture and understanding.
 Create an environment conducive to learning
with trust,respect and acceptance.
 Involve patients throughout the learning
process by encouraging them to establish their
own goals and evaluate their own progress.

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 CONTENTS OF PATIENT HEALTH EDUCATION

The scope of PHE COvers every aspect of family and

community health, it's divided into:
1. Human biology: i.e., how to keep physiçally fit,the
effects of alcohol, smoking & drug on the body.

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2. Nutrition: the aim is to promote good dietary
habits.
3. Hygiene: personal and environmental.
4. Family health: HE promote the family's self
reliance regarding i.e., child bearing & rearing.
5. Disease prevention and control: education of
people about the prevention & control of locally
endemic diseases is the first of eight essential
activities in PHC.

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6. Mental health.
7. Prevention of accidents.
8. Use of health services.

 BARRIERS TO PATIENT HEALTH EDUCATION

• Physical condition
Financial considerations
Lack of support system
Misconceptions about disease and treatment
Low literacy lcomprehension skills
Cultural /ethnic background language barriers

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Lack of motivation
Environment
 Negative past experience.

 ROLE OF NURSE IN PATIENT HEALTH

EDUCATION
 Nurses role/responsibilities as a health
educator The nurse should consider following
points during health education:
To gain the confidence of patient
To arouse the interest in patient about good
health
To motivate them to bring about chnages in
habbits in healthy living
To develop sense of responsibility among
people towards good health of the whole
community
Motivate or encourage them to use of health
services
Incorporate a personal ethic in regards to social
responsibilities and services towards others.

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 Provide accurate, competent, and evidence-
based care.
 Practice preventative health care.
 Focus on relationship-centered care with
individuals and their families.
 The nursing process in Patient health
education
 The nursing process functions as a
systematic guide to client-centered care
with 5 sequential steps. These are
assessment, diagnosis, planning,
implementation, and evaluation.
1. ASSESSMENT: - Assessment of client considers
client characteristies that may influence the
learning process: readiness to learn, reading and
comprehension level, and motivation to learn
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barriers to change is also important and often over
looked.

2. DIAGNOSIS: - Nursing diagnosis for client's with

learning needs an be
designated in two way as follows

a) Clients' primary concerns or problems

Clients' primary concerns or problems: - NANDA
international (2009)
include the following diagnostie labels appropriate
to a client learning needs when learning needs is
the primary concern.

b) Etiology of nursing diagnosis associated with the

client's response to health alterations or
dysfunction

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3. PLANNING: - Developing a teaching plan is
accomplished a series of steps.Involving the client
at this time promotes the formation of a

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meaningful plan and stimulates client motivation

The client who helps develops the teaching plan is
more likely to achieve the desired outcomes.

Steps of planning for teaching: -

 Determining teaching priority7
 Choosing content
 Organizing learning experiences
 Setting learning outcomes
 Selecting teaching strategies
4. Implementation: - The nurse needs to be flexible
in implementing any teaching plan because the plan
may need revising. The client my become tired

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sooner than anticipated or be faced too much
information too quickly, the client's needs may
change or external factors may intervene.

5. Evaluating: - Evaluation is both an ongoing and a

final process in which the client, the nurse and often
the support people determine what has been
learned

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