HEALTH EDUCATION: WEEK 1-2; EVOLUTION OF ▪ Education process – ascertain

NURSING learning needs, readiness to learn,

and learning styles.
MODULE 1: Introduction to Health Education
and Concepts of Teaching
➢ PLANNING
❖ TEACHING ▪ Nursing Process – develop care plan
➢ Is a system of actions designed and (Nursing Care Plan) based on
intended to bring about learning mutual goal setting to meet
individual needs.
❖ INSTRUCTION ▪ Education Process – develop
➢ component of teaching that involves teaching plan based on mutually
the communicating of information predetermined behavioral
about a specific skill in a cognitive, outcomes to meet individual needs.
psychomotor or affective domain.
➢ IMPLEMENTATION
❖ EDUCATION ▪ Nursing Process – (nurse) carry out
➢ an overall umbrella term, used to nursing care interventions using
describe the process including the standard procedures.
components of teaching and (independent/dependent/collabora
instruction, of producing tive)
observable/measurable behavioral ▪ Education Process – (teacher)
changes in the learner through the perform the art of teaching using
planned educational activities. specific instructional methods and
tools.
❖ EDUCATION PROCESS
➢ systematic, sequential, logical, ➢ EVALUATION
scientifically based, planned course of ▪ Nursing Process – determine
action consisting of 2 major physical and psychosocial
interdependent operations, teaching & outcomes. (re-assess), Teacher (
learning. ▪ Education Process – determines
behavior changes (outcomes) in
❖ NURSING PROCESS knowledge, attitudes, and skills.
➢ the cyclical process of assessment,
diagnosis, planning, intervention, and ❖ CLINICAL TEACHING
evaluation to effectively render quality ➢ Is a teaching strategy that focuses on
patient care. the development of technical skills
through hands-on experience in the
❖ EDUCATION PROCESS PARALLELS clinical setting.
NURSING PROCESS (PARALLELISM)
➢ ASSESSMENT ❖ HEALTH EDUCATION
▪ Nursing process – appraise physical ➢ act of providing information and
and psychosocial needs. learning experiences for purposes of
behavior change for health betterment
of the client. The acquisition of
 knowledge through exchange of 6. LESSON PLANNING
information from the teacher and ➢ improve teaching of teachers and
learner facilitates better understanding learning of students
of the need for change.
7. POWER OF SUGGESTION
❖ PURPOSES OF HEALTH EDUCATION ➢ “Suggestions are more fruitful than
1. A means of propagating health dictations.”
promotion and disease prevention.
2. May be used to modify or continue 8. ENCOURAGEMENT
health behaviors if necessary. ➢ effort in learning; praise is given only
3. Provides health information and when earned.
services.
4. Emphasizes on good health habits 9. REMEDIAL TEACHING
and practices which is an integral ➢ effort in learning; praise is given only
aspect of culture, media, and when earned (only on some difficult
technology. parts).
5. A means to communicate vital
information to the public. 10. DEMOCRATIC ENVIRONMENT
6. It is also a form of advocacy. ➢ students learn democracy by living it. In
return for rights and privileges within
the classroom they should be aware of
❖ PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING: their responsibility to the group (order
and responsibility).
1. ACTIVE LEARNING
➢ productive interaction between teacher 11. STIMULATION
& students ➢ each student can be stimulated within
the limits of his abilities, to exceed his
2. MANY METHODS present efforts (challenge students’
➢ no single correct way of teaching, there critical thinking).
are many good ways of teaching.
12. INTEGRATION
3. MOTIVATION ➢ earning involves a reorganization of
➢ Arousing interest to cause learner to previous experience and an integration
perform in a desired way (sing a song of what has been completed into a new
related to lesson) learning experience (recall lessons
connect to next lessons).
4. WELL-BALANCED CURRICULUM
➢ enable students to become useful 13. LIFE-LIKE SITUATIONS
member of society. ➢ teachers have the responsibility of
guiding the students into a realization
5. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES that their school studies and activities
➢ An understanding of the student’s have direct relationship with life
unique characteristics situations.
 14. INDEPENDENCE
➢ degree of independence gained at any
given time should be measured with the
maturity level of the child.

❖ CRITERIA/CHARACTERISTICS OF
EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN NURSING

1. Professional Competence
▪ qualifications meet standards by
the institution.

2. Interpersonal Relationship with

Students

3. Personal characteristics (of teachers)

4. Teaching Practices

5. Evaluation Practices
▪ Fair, no favoritism/biases.

6. Availability to Students