Patient Education

Patient education is a vital role of nurses in any healthcare setting. Patients need to know various things about the medications they are prescribed, as well as other forms of treatment and follow up appointments. There are numerous ways to educate a patient, from paper to electronics to visual demonstration. A survey that I researched compared written instructions and iPads as forms of patient education. Paper instructions and pamphlets can be boring to read and may contain multiple pages, so the study showed that iPads were more effective. This is also due to the fact that the iPads directly engage the patient, therefore allowing the patient to retain more information and becoming more involved in their care.