HEALTH EDUCATION MODULE 5

• Role of the Nurse as Health Educator


  • Giver of Information
  • Facilitator of learning
  • Coordinator of Teaching
  • Advocate for the client
• The medical allied field are expected to coordinate or work hand in hand to carry out goals aiming for total health and wellness of every people
• Referrals are vital in addressing certain or specific medical issues
• Every profession in the medical allied field has a unique role and specialization
• Family


  A group of biologically-related persons living together and sharing the common kitchen and purse
• Role of the Family in Health Education

  • Family as a monitor
  • Family as a trainer
  • Family as a controller
  • Family as a care taker
• Health Education starts at home
• Every household has a unique way of educating family members
• Evidence-based practice (EBP)


  The conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care
• Evidence-based practice is established as a fundamental element and key indicator of high-quality patient care
• Ethics


  Guiding principles of behavior
• Ethical


  Norms or standards of behavior accepted by society to which a person belongs
• Moral values


  Internal belief system (what one believes to be right)
• Legal rights and duties


  Rules governing behavior or conduct that are enforceable by law under threat of punishment or penalty such as a fine, imprisonment or both
• By law, the teaching role of nurses is legally mandated in the rules and standards
• The Code of Ethics for Nurses represents an articulation of nine provisions for professional values and moral obligations with respect to nurse patient relationship
• Ethical Principles


  • Autonomy
  • Veracity
  • Confidentiality
  • Nonmaleficence
  • Beneficence
  • Justice
• Patient’s Bill of Rights


  a statement of the rights to which patients are entitled as recipients of medical care were created and has been framed and posted in every health care facility
• Veracity


  Truth telling, linked to informed decision making and informed consent
• Confidentiality


  personal information that is entrusted and protected as privileged information via social contract, health care standard or code or legal covenant
• Nonmaleficence


  defined as do no harm and refers to the ethics of legal determinations involving negligence and or malpractice
• Beneficence


  defined as doing good for the benefit of others
• Justice


  peaks to fairness and equitable distribution of goods and services
• Trust and Respect


  balance of power exists between the teacher (expert) and the student (novice). Key to specific academic success teacher possesses discipline specific expertise. Students must be able to trust their teachers and believe that instruction provided by them will be accurate, appropriate and up to date.
• Moral Values


  refer to an internal belief system (what one believes to be right)
• Nurse Practice Act


  It is in a form of a document that define a profession, describe the profession’s scope of practice and provide guidelines, entry into a profession via licensure and disciplinary actions that can be taken when necessary.
• Code of Ethics for Nurses


  systematic guides for developing ethical behavior. This represents an articulation of nine provisions for professional values and moral obligations with respect to nurse patient relationship