Health Education Module #1: Trends, Roles, and Goals of Nurse Educators

Vocabulary flashcards covering the roles of clinical educators, healthcare trends, and the core purpose, goals, and outcomes of client health education.

Professional Nurses (as Educators)

Nurses prepared to deliver effective teaching services performance that meets the needs of many individuals and groups in different circumstances across a variety of practice settings.

Clinical Instructor

An important role of the nurse as educator that focuses on serving students within the practice setting.

Role of Clinical Educator

A dynamic role requiring the teacher to actively engage students so they become competent and caring professionals.

Continuing Education

A mechanism mandated by legislation or employing institutions to ensure practitioner competency, transmit new knowledge and skills, and refresh previously acquired abilities for ongoing staff growth.

Lifestyle-Related Diseases

Major causes of morbidity and mortality that are recognized as preventable through educational intervention.

Gallup Polls (Nursing Ranking)

Surveys that have ranked nurses No. 1 in honesty and ethics among 45 occupations since 1999.

Purpose of Client and Staff Education

To increase the competence and confidence of clients for self-management.

Goal of Client and Staff Education

To increase the responsibility and independence of clients for self-care by supporting their transition from dependent to self-sustaining and from passive to active learners.

Preparation for Self-Care

The single most important action of nurses as educators.

Teachable Moment (Robin Orr, 1990)

An educational opportunity created by illness when ill health suddenly encourages patients to take a more active role in their care.