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Effective Patient Education

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Patient education is defined as a health information and instruction to help patients learn about specific or general medical topics. These may include the need for preventive service, the adoption of healthy lifestyles, the correct use of medications,

and the care of diseases or injuries at home (Medical dictionary).

The most effective patient-teaching technique is to assess the patient abilities, readiness, and needs to learn.

During my level two clinical rotations, I had the opportunity to teach patients about their disease process. My first teaching session was with a seventy-year old male patient with hypertension, I had a bad experience because I wasn't prepared to do a patient education that day.

While the nurse aide was taking

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