patient education

Assignment 2: Patient Education for a Special Population

Description:

This module’s focus is on assessing special patient populations. For this assignment, you will select either a pediatric, pregnant, or elderly patient and construct a patient education flyer to address how to decrease health risks in this section of the population. You may recall a personal or professional experience related to the population chosen (e.g., environmental risk factor, living environment risk factor, drug use, alcohol use, lifestyle choices) and draw upon it to develop a brief case study.

Tasks:

  • Select either a pediatric, pregnant, or elderly patient and provide a description of the person’s situation (based on your past experience or a fictional situation).
  • Identify the major health risks associated with the patient.
  • Describe the most important evidence-based interventions to reduce the risk factors in order to promote health.
  • Develop an attractive flyer that incorporates the patient’s literacy level and addresses reduction of risk factors to promote health incorporating additional patient education resources.

Submission Details:

  • By the due date assigned, post your completed patient education flyer to the  Submissions Area.
  • Support your findings with examples and scholarly references. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
  • Use the following file naming convention: AU_NUR402_M5_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Selected either a pediatric, pregnant, or elderly patient and provided a description of the person’s situation (based on your past experience or a fictional situation).

12

Identified the major health risks associated with the patient.

12

Described the most important evidence-based interventions to reduce the risk factors in order to promote health.

12

Developed an attractive flyer that incorporated the patient’s literacy level and addressed reduction of risk factors to promote health incorporating additional patient education resources.

12

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and displayed accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation. Use of scholarly sources aligned with specified assignment requirements.

12

Total:

60

 
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