Smith C R
Nurs Clin North Am. 1977 Dec;12(4):595-608.
Quality patient education is being demanded both by consumers and by health professionals. Nursing must meet this challenge by updating the attitudes of nurses and by improving their abilities and skills in developing and implementing planned patient education programs. Application to patient education of educational theory and of teaching-learning principles improves the quality and effectiveness of the programs. This can be demonstrated by improved compliance rates, decrease in number of hospital re-admissions, and decreased morbidity. A hospital or agency committee set up to organize and coordinate the various educational programs can help to stimulate development of programs, control quality, and avoid duplication of effort.
消费者和健康专业人士都要求提供高质量的患者教育。护理必须通过更新护士的态度，以及提高他们制定和实施有计划的患者教育项目的能力和技能来应对这一挑战。将教育理论和教学原则应用于患者教育可提高项目的质量和效果。这可以通过提高依从率、减少医院再入院次数和降低发病率来证明。为组织和协调各种教育项目而设立的医院或机构委员会有助于促进项目的发展、控制质量并避免工作的重复。
