NURS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Classical Conditioning, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Health Literacy
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Chapter 11: using health education and groups in the community. Identify the steps and principles that guide health education. Describe the importance of literacy, especially health literacy, in health promotion and health education. Describe factors that influence group functioning and how members of groups learn about health behaviors. Describe how nurses can work with groups to promote the health of individuals and communities. Explain strategies that nurses can use to provide effective health education. Nurses provide information to enable clients to attain optimal health, prevent health problems, identify and treat health problems early, and minimize disability. Education allows individuals to make informed health-related decisions, assume personal responsibility for their health, and cope effectively with alterations in their health and lifestyles. Nurses have both learning and teaching responsibilities. Nurses are responsible for developing lifelong learning skills to maintain knowledge and skills and to educate their patients and families.
