#patient teaching

[wholesome-rn]

UTI

Nursing intervention to teach: increasing fluids helps you urinate more; which helps flush out bacteria before they can colonize and cause issues. .

[amenstudent-blog]

Learning how to relax patients is a skill that takes time. Without that skill, teaching can become difficult during highly charged moments. At hospital discharge there are many instructions given in written form and patients become overwhelmed. Having the ability to calm patients and their caregivers, along with simplified media instructions, can ease the transition home. I am sure that medical language is foreign to many people. Who knows what crepitus or nocturnal enuresis means? They are simply cracking joints and night bedwetting. 

[justc4llm3murphy]

Patient teaching at home

Yesterday, my father-in-law sat me down and asked for my input in helping him start a diabetic diet. I dutifully printed off information from reputable sources to help him start making changes. I went over these with him and made sure he understood what I was saying. We decided to go with the create your plate method since carb counting seems like too much for him to take on just yet. He looked horrified the more I talked about carb counting so I gave up on that in favor of a more simple method. Today, I got home and my father-in-law stated he was going off to the grocery store to buy food for his new diet. He was talking about fruits and vegetables when he left so I thought we were on a good track. My husband and I went to our room to watch Netflix. My father-in-law came back home with groceries and we continued to watch our show in our room while he did whatever he was doing. After our show was over, we walk into the living room where my father-in-law is happily sitting, scarfing down gelato. We just stared at him. Then we looked at each other, like what the hell? And went back to watching him. He looks up and yells, "this is my last bowl! I'm starting my diet tomorrow." To which I replied, "you know, you can continue to say that tomorrow and it will still be true!" My father-in-law is giggling so hard and his face is so red and he says "I've never had gelato before! This is great! Raspberry cheesecake gelato!" And I'm standing there, like, "really? You couldn't get a simple gelato, you had to get the worst one for you?!" He says "YEP!" I just look at my husband and say "are you sure he isn't MY father?" To which both of them started laughing pretty hardily. tl;dr: patient teaching is just as fruitless at home as it is in the Emergency Room

[intotheor]

Every time I talk to my mom

I end up teaching her something about a med she’s taking. I always hope I’m just reiterating things she’s already been told.

[even-more-nclex-questions]

The nurse is providing teaching to a patient recovering from an MI. Discussion regarding resumption of sexual activity should be

a) Delegated to the primary care provider.

b) Discussed along with other physical activities.

c) Avoided because it is embarrassing to the patient.

d) Accomplished by providing the patient with written material.

Although some nurses may not feel comfortable discussing sexual activity with patients, it is a necessary component of patient teaching. It is helpful to consider sex as a physical activity and to discuss or explore feelings in this area when other physical activities are discussed. Although providing the patient with written material is appropriate, it should not replace a verbal dialogue that can address the individual patient’s questions and concerns.