Patient teaching plan for nursing students

To create a Patient Teaching Plan aimed at educating a specific patient population about a specific health topic. This plan will be used to develop a Visual Teaching Tool in a future assignment.

Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

CO 2: Recognize the influence that developmental stages have on physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual functioning. (PO #1)
CO 4: Identify teaching/learning needs from the health history of an individual. (PO #2)
Due Date
Patient Teaching Plan assignment is due Sunday of Week 4 at 11:59 MT.

Points
This assignment is worth 125 points.

Background Information
NR305 focuses on nursing assessment, and the identification of opportunities to prevent disease and improve health of patients. An important professional role for nurses is to provide teaching to patients based on knowledge deficits identified during assessment.

Prior to beginning this assignment, follow the link to read the article below. The information related to adult learning and barriers to understanding will be helpful when planning how to best educate your selected population.

Beagley, L. (2011). Educating patients: Understanding barriers, learning styles, and teaching techniques. Journal of Paranesthesia Nursing, 26(5), 331-337. permalink (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Directions
Please read all directions carefully before you begin.

Click to download the Patient Teaching Plan Form (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
Type your answers directly into this Word document and submit. The use of correct terminology, grammar, and spelling is important! Any references and citations used should be written in APA format. Please utilize in-text citations when appropriate, and list all references in the space provided at the end of the worksheet.