Med-Surg Nursing - 04

adult learning

putting aside one's own self and stepping into the shoes of the patient

acting as a helper for group sharing about a common problem

descriptions of the intended result of the learning process guide the selection of teaching strategies and materials and help evaluate patient and teacher progress

a process that occurs when there is an internal mental change characterized by rearrangement of neural pathways

teaching that occurs in support groups or self-help organizations that can provide continuing information, shared experiences, acceptance, understanding, and useful suggestions about a problem or concern

rewarding a desired behavior with a positive stimulus to increase its occurrence and motivation

a person's belief in his or her ability to successfully cope with and manage a situation

a series of steps that patients and their families may progress through before they are willing or able to accept a change in health behaviors; six stages of change have been identified in the Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change developed by Prochaska and Velicer

a formal plan to address the learning needs of the patient based on assessment of the patient's ability, need, and readiness to learn with identification of problems that can be resolved with teaching

a systematic problem-solving approach to the identification and treatment of the patient's learning needs and includes assessment, diagnosis, setting patient outcomes or objectives, intervention, and evaluation

a process of deliberately arranging external conditions to promote the internal change that results in knowledge and/or a change in behavior