Effective Patient Education: A Guide to Increased Adherence: A Guide to Increased Adherence / Edition 4

by Donna Falvo

Overview

Written by a nursing expert and former Chair of patient education for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Effective Patient Education: A Guide to Increased Adherence, Fourth Edition gives clinicians the tools they need to become effective patient educators. Using a patient-centered approach, this essential text provides specific strategies for communicating in a way that motivates patients to take action. Crucial to this approach is an understanding of the patient as a partner in the patient education process. The text uncovers patient concerns and challenges that may interfere with patient adherence to recommendations, enabling clinicians to gain insight into their patients and devise communication strategies that can empower patients to overcome obstacles. In addition, this completely revised and updated edition explores the challenges that clinicians may face in conducting patient education.  Using case examples to illustrate key points, this text moves beyond theory to offer practical application principles for the real world. Featuring a clinical approach in examining established patient-education theories, Effective Patient Education: A Guide to Increased Adherence, Fourth Edition is an invaluable guide for nursing students and professionals! The Fourth Edition includes chapters on: Enhancing patient motivation Building an effective patient education team Patient-centered teaching model Instructional aids, including internet and web-based resources

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763766252
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	03/12/2010
Edition description:	4E
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Donna R. Falvo Ph.D. has over 30 years of experience as a registered nurse, licensed psychologist, and certified rehabilitation counselor. During her tenure at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, she served as clinician, professor and researcher at the School of Medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine where she was the Director of Behavioral Science, and later served as Coordinator of the Rehabilitation Counseling Program at the Rehabilitation Institute. Most recently she was Clinical Professor in the Rehabilitation Counseling and Psychology Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She is past president of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association, and a former Mary Switzer Scholar. She served as Dimension Expert with the National Research Corporation/Picker Institute, Lincoln, Nebraska from 2005-2008. She is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, in addition to authoring the four previous editions of Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability and authoring the book entitled, Effective Patient Education: A Guide to Increased Adherence, currently in its 4th edition.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Patient Adherence as an Outcome of Effective Patient Teaching
Chapter 2 Toward a Model of Patient Centered Teaching
Chapter 3 Enhancing Patient Motivation: Increasing Adherence
Chapter 4 Individual Factors in Patient Teaching and Patient Adherence
Chapter 5 Patient Teaching Through the Lifespan: A Developmental Perspective
Chapter 6 The Family, Patient Centered Teaching and Patient Adherence
Chapter 7 Cultural Issue s in Patient Teaching and Patient Adherence
Chapter 8 Communicating Effectively in Patient Teaching: Enhancing Patient Adherence
Chapter 9 Building Patient Part nerships: Facilitating Patient Part icipation in Patient Centered Teaching
Chapter 10 Health Literacy in Patient Education and Patient Adherence
Chapter 11 Patient Teaching and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Chapter 12 Patient Teaching and Patient Adherence Issue s for Older Adults
Chapter 13 Patient Teaching About End-of-Life Issue s
Chapter 14 Ethical Issue s in Patient Teaching and Patient Adherence
Chapter 15 Informed Consent
Chapter 16 Instructional Aids in Patient Teaching: Used or Abused
Chapter 17 Research and Evaluation in Patient Teaching and Patient Adherence
Chapter 18 Building an Effective Patient Education Team: Promoting Patient Centered Patient Teaching

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Lynda H Crawford, PhD (West Suburban College of Nursing)
Description: The author approaches patient education from a patient-centered teaching perspective, an active process in which patient and provider are partners who work together to meet mutually agreed-upon goals.
Purpose: She describes a patient-centered approach to patient teaching and explores the issues that prevent education efforts from being effective. Few books have approached this topic with the patients as partners in the process. This book has been needed for some time!
Audience: It is written for health professionals and is extremely useful for nursing students. As a registered nurse, licensed psychologist, and certified rehabilitation counselor, Dr. Falvo is uniquely positioned as an expert on patient-centered education. She has been a leader in this area for many years.
Features: As the author points out, patients must value any education efforts and will not adhere to well-intended advice unless they perceive value in doing so. She describes patient-centered teaching, where providers create a partnership with patients. Issues that can create barriers to achieving mutually established goals are discussed in detail, providing a thorough compilation of essential information. This is useful as a teaching tool and reference for healthcare professionals.
Assessment: The author has succeeded in producing a book that covers beautifully the task of teaching patients. The perspectives of patients and the challenges they face are presented with enough detail to be useful to novice as well as expert providers. This is the best book on this topic to date.

Doody's Review Service

Reviewer:Lynda H Crawford, PhD(West Suburban College of Nursing)
Description:The author approaches patient education from a patient-centered teaching perspective, an active process in which patient and provider are partners who work together to meet mutually agreed-upon goals.
Purpose:She describes a patient-centered approach to patient teaching and explores the issues that prevent education efforts from being effective. Few books have approached this topic with the patients as partners in the process. This book has been needed for some time!
Audience:It is written for health professionals and is extremely useful for nursing students. As a registered nurse, licensed psychologist, and certified rehabilitation counselor, Dr. Falvo is uniquely positioned as an expert on patient-centered education. She has been a leader in this area for many years.
Features:As the author points out, patients must value any education efforts and will not adhere to well-intended advice unless they perceive value in doing so. She describes patient-centered teaching, where providers create a partnership with patients. Issues that can create barriers to achieving mutually established goals are discussed in detail, providing a thorough compilation of essential information. This is useful as a teaching tool and reference for healthcare professionals.
Assessment:The author has succeeded in producing a book that covers beautifully the task of teaching patients. The perspectives of patients and the challenges they face are presented with enough detail to be useful to novice as well as expert providers. This is the best book on this topic to date.