CLARIFICATION OF THE USE OF THIS BLOG: TO JOURNAL THOUGHTS, RESEARCH, AND FOCUS.
Thanks to Dr. Dean Schillinger for coining the phrase "closing the loop" based on the "teach back method" used in the field of education.
What came to the forefront after my meeting with Dr. K. is the realization that I will have to remain focused. I will have to evaluate my information as what is interesting for examination at a later time, and what is essential for this study.
The main questions centers around understanding and efficiency of information disseminated by the nurse to the patient.
I will add the following caveats:
1. this independent study assumes adequacy of staffing ratios and time allotted for education within the hospital setting (I acknowledge that practicing nurses recognize the day to day variances in staffing and duties that can hinder education teaching)
2. this study assumes compliance with accepted standards of practice where physicians, Registered Nurses, or delegated other discipline representatives (Registered Dietitians, Diabetic Educators, etc) provide the initial education and the Licensed Practical Nurse provides re-enforcement. This clarification complies with scopes of practice as defined by PA State Board of Nursing.
3. Further, this study will NOT examine lack of compliance due to financial considerations. That topic is beyond the scope of this independent study. I leave that discussion to those outside the nurse-patient-education paradigm.
A combination of rhetorical and compositional evaluation of how the nurse and patient put together all the "pieces of information" that hopefully will allow for optimal health care literacy that maintains, improves, and explains an individual patient's specific health care needs.
Hopefully the blog will be a way to summarize my research to date and discuss future steps as well as evaluating what has been completed and what has not been completed.
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