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    الثلاثاء، 9 أغسطس 2016

    Strategies To Use To Improve The Delivery Of Patient Education

    By Laura Taylor


    It may be very difficult for patients to manage their illness. This may be contributed by lack to by the lack of proper guidelines on how to handle this ailment. Nurses should ensure that the people they are nursing have the knowledge on how to take care and manage their selves. However, this may be very difficult to any nurse if they do not have the appropriate skills and equipment needed to teach their patients. Despite this, every patient should be taught on how to manage their selves properly. Here are some techniques you should use to improve the delivery of patient education:

    People prefer different learning styles depending on how they are brought up. As a nurse, you should be able to identify the different learning style they prefer. Some people prefer reading on their own, others prefer been guided by an instructor and other like doing things practically. All these learning styles are important for the nurse to identify. If you have not been able to figure out what the patient prefers, make a point of enquiring from the patient.

    We are living in a modern society where everything is digitalized. Make a point of using the modern technology available to elaborate and make learning easier. A simple example is using tablets and phones to download reading materials for the patients to read. The patients can also get the opportunity to record the learning sessions in their phones or tablets.

    When dealing with people with chronic ailments, they may lack the interest to learn how to manage their condition. This is because they assume that learning to do so is tiresome. However, a nurse, you need to cultivate their interest. This is by highlighting the advantages of these individuals taking care of their selves and how it will improve their quality of life.

    Everyone has their weak points and their strong points. Before educating them about how they should take care of themselves, identify the two points. These will help you plan effectively on what type of teaching methods to use when teaching them and in what period of time. For example, some people have a long span of concentration others have a short span of concentration.

    Ensure that the learning is jovial and interactive. This is where you should give room for your patients to ask for clarifications and even express their feelings. This will help them to understand and remember easily. This also will help you create a bond with your patients.

    The family of the sick person should also be part of the lesson. This is to allow them to acquire skills that will allow them to help the sick person in case of an attack. This also makes the patients understand faster as they feel that they are not neglected.

    Patients learning how to take care of themselves when ill will help them recover faster than patients who do not have this knowledge. It will help them develop a sense of independence and get rid of self-pity. As a nurse learn the correct methods of teaching your patients how to take of themselves, as highlighted in the article.




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