Educator Role of the Professional Nurse

Catalog description

Develops the educator role and skills of professional nurses to prepare them to teach others (individuals/families/communities) about acute and chronic disease management, and health and wellness promotion. Beginning with basic foundations of the educational process, the needs and characteristics of learners, appropriate techniques and strategies for instruction, and methods to evaluate outcomes, learners go on to build key skills for client/family and community education. Students learn about program planning and evaluation and consider the nursing role in staff development. Students learn to locate and evaluate health informational and select delivery methods for targeted educational interventions and individuals with sensory deficits.