Patient Education Management Archives – October 1, 2003
October 1, 2003
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JCAHO reorganizes patient education standards, merged with provision of care
It is difficult to predict what impact the revised patient education standards will have once they are implemented by the Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). -
Where are you going for your medical information?
As part of her job as a health education specialist at Phoenix Childrens Hospital, Fran London, MS, RN, works as a nurse in The Emily Center, the consumer health library. -
Identify smokers, then you educate
Identifying smokers when they are admitted to the hospital and offering information on how to quit is good practice, says Connie Graff, RCP, AE-C, a respiratory therapist at Lake Region Healthcare Corporation in Fergus Falls, MN. -
Great American Smokeout: How to kick the habit
The Great American Smokeout sponsored by the Atlanta-based American Cancer Society is the third Thursday in November. -
Assessing smokers’ readiness to change
The Atlanta-based American Cancer Society put together a Stages of Change Model as they apply to a persons readiness to quit smoking. This model can be used to assess a smokers readiness to quit. -
Time efficiency paramount for one-person department
B.J. Hansen-Wingert, MS, RN, patient education specialist for OhioHealth in Columbus, is a one-person department with its own budget. -
Language services tool for health care providers
The Access Project and the National Health Law Program have developed a resource to help health care providers and others ensure that people with limited English proficiency receive appropriate language assistance services in medical settings, which is called the Language Services Action Kit. -
Hmong STD education videos available
A Hmong language video on the prevention and proper treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) now is available as a VHS cas-sette or CD-ROM to all health care facilities with Hmong clients. -
Family-friendly facilities ease the stress of care
A hospital stay can be very stressful for children and their families. However, there are many ways pediatric facilities ease stress that other health care institutions can model when serving a pediatric population. -
Prepare children for procedures in advance
The best way to help children cope with the stress of a procedure or hospital stay is to let them practice in advance, says Emily Fazio, CCLS, a child life specialist in day surgery at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.