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The Nurse As An Educator

This document outlines the roles and responsibilities of nurses as educators. It discusses how teaching is integral to nursing and how nurses educate patients directly and indirectly in every interaction. It also examines the teaching-learning process and identifies nurses as primary agents of health education. The document further details the core competencies of nursing which include health education. Specifically, it lists the standards for health education competency and the roles and responsibilities of health educators in assessing needs, planning, implementing, and evaluating health education programs. Ethical and legal considerations around patients' rights to informed consent and alternative treatment options are also addressed.

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The Nurse As An Educator

This document outlines the roles and responsibilities of nurses as educators. It discusses how teaching is integral to nursing and how nurses educate patients directly and indirectly in every interaction. It also examines the teaching-learning process and identifies nurses as primary agents of health education. The document further details the core competencies of nursing which include health education. Specifically, it lists the standards for health education competency and the roles and responsibilities of health educators in assessing needs, planning, implementing, and evaluating health education programs. Ethical and legal considerations around patients' rights to informed consent and alternative treatment options are also addressed.

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“The Nurse as an Educator”

TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS


Teacher
Learner
Subject Matter

“Teaching is an integral part of the nursing process and the nurse is teaching whether
directly or indirectly, in every contact with potential learners.”
- Pohl (1988)

TEACHER
FOREFRONT

VALUES CENTERED

TODAY
HOSPITAL
COMMUNITY-BASED

Emphasized on:
HEALTH PROMOTION
DISEASE PREVENTION

NURSES
“Primary agent of Health Education”
Nurse Educator + An Advocate of TLC

PATRICIA BENNER
Novice
Advance Beginner
Competent EXCELLENCE
Proficient
Expert

RISK - providing health care


WELL PLANNED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Art. XIII, Sec. 11

“ The state shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health


development which shall endeavour to make essential goods, health and other
social services available to all people at affordable cost. There shall be priority for
the needs of the unprivileged sick, elderly, disabled, women and children”.
A. Functions of a Nurse as Educator
Phil. Nursing Act of 2002 (RA 9173) Article VI, Sec. 28

1. Provide health education to individuals, families and communities

2. Teach, guide and supervise students in nursing education programs

Heidgerken (1965) identified the role functions of the nurse educator as:

1. instructional role
2. faculty role
3. individual role

1. Instructional Roles are the central functions of a nurse educator which involves:

a.planning & organizing course


b.creating & maintaining a desirable group climate
c.adopting teaching methods and preparing instructional materials
d.motivating & challenging students to pursue & sustain learning activities
e.teaching

2. Faculty Role – depends on size , control and complexity of the institution


1. chairwoman, secretary or one member of a committee
2. counselor of students
3. researcher
4. resource person
5. representative to professional nursing org.
6. public relations agent

3. Individual Role

Teachers functions as a member of a family, church, community and as a citizen.


B. Nursing Core Competencies

1. Safe & quality nsg care


2. Management of resources and environment
3. Health Education
4. Legal Responsibility
5. Ethico-moral responsibility
6. Personal & Professional Development
7. Quality improvement
8. Research
9. Records Management
10. Communication
11. Collaboration & teamwork
Health Education competency standards:
Core competency 1 : assess learning needs of patient & family
Core competency 2: Develops health education plan
Core competency 3: Develops learning materials for health education
Core competency 4: Implements health education plan
Core competency 5: Evaluates the outcome of health education

3. Roles & Responsibilities of health educator:


Assessing individual and community needs for health education
Planning effective health education programs
Implementing health education programs
Evaluating effectiveness of health educ. programs
Coordinating provision of health education services
Acting as a resource person in health education
Communicating health &health education needs, concerns & resources
Ethico-legal Considerations
Patients Bill of Rights

- informed consent
- right of the patient to adequate info related to his/her medical condition,
treatments & medications & the pertinent risks & hazards involved as well as
alternative modes of treatment.
LEGAL BASIS OF HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

The Philippine Constitution of 1987, Art. 11, Sec. 15 states that:

“The state shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instillhealth
consciousness among them”
D. Importance of Documentation
“ What you did not chart, you did not do.”
“What was not written was not done.”
Documentation of patient teaching
Post discharge planning

“ The mind is not a container to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.”

-Plutarch

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