APN Module 3: Health Education and Professional Roles

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering the concepts of health education, decision aids, nursing collaboration models, and the roles of preceptor, coach, and mentor within Advanced Practice Nursing.

Health information

The delivery of health-related facts to patients.

Health education

A complex, systematic instruction that promotes an understanding of how to maintain personal health, improves health literacy, and promotes informed decision-making.

Shared decision making

A collaborative process where patients and providers make healthcare decisions together using the best available evidence and the patient's values and preferences.

Evidence based health education

Instruction that is transparent, tailored to patient needs, and covers diagnosis, prognosis, management options, risks, and the patient's right to refuse treatment.

Self-efficacy

An individual's perception of their capacity to achieve their goals, influenced by skill mastery, social learning, social persuasion, and emotional, spiritual, or physical states.

Social learning theory

The theoretical framework that underpins the concept of self-efficacy in client education.

Decision aids

Tools used with healthcare provider counseling to help patients actively participate in health decision-making by providing evidence of potential harms and benefits.

Content control

A feature of computer-based decision aids relating to the patient's ability to navigate clear and optional information.

Tailoring

The customization of information based on demographics and clinical conditions; however, it is associated with reduced quality of decision making in certain interactions.

Patient narratives

Patient stories or behavior modeling focusing on process deliberation, which is associated with reduced quality of decision making in the context of decision aids.

Values clarification

Exercises within decision aids, such as weighting or trade-offs, that help patients examine personal values and preferences.

Feedback-entailed interaction

Components of a decision aid that provide knowledge, summaries of preferences, algorithms, and progress reports.

Interprofessional education (IPE)

An educational approach where students from two or more disciplines learn about each other's roles to improve communication and quality of health services.

Intra-professional collaboration

A relational and respectful process among nursing colleagues that utilizes the skills of all nursing designations for optimal client outcomes.

Pharmaceutical clinical educator

A professional with a medical background who provides education on product safety, efficacy, and dosing, including off-label usage or medications in trials.

Branded education

Education that includes the specific name of a product, FDA approval, and manufacturer package inserts.

Non-branded education

Education that does not contain specific product or company information, focusing instead on themes like patient care or infusion reactions.

STEPS framework

Criteria used to distinguish evidence-based data: Safety, Tolerability, Effectiveness, Price, and Simplicity.

Precepting

A time-limited experience where the preceptor observes, coaches, and evaluates the development of specific skills within an educational program.

Coaching

A personal or professional development approach that may or may not have a time limit, often used for chronic illness management.

Supervising

An activity focused on evaluating the efficacy of skills and protecting the patient from procedural mistakes; not necessarily a dyadic relationship.

Mentoring

A formal, structured dyadic relationship involving reciprocity, mutual respect, and trust aimed at professional growth and personal development.

Hale and Phillips grounded theory

A theory of mentoring characterized by earnest intentions, filial bonds, and trustworthiness.

Olaolorunpo mentoring elements

Shared values, reciprocity, clear expectations, mutual respect, and personal connection.

Early phase (Mentoring)

The stage of setting expectations, communication patterns, time frames, and conflict strategies.

Mid phase (Mentoring)

The stage of continuous progress assessment where the mentee assumes more independence and goals are reviewed.

Final phase (Mentoring)

The stage focused on the accomplishment of goals and the potential adjustment of time frames.

Organizational barriers to preceptorship

Factors including lack of formal programs, limited financial compensation, and high workload constraints.