Effective communication is the foundation needed to provide therapeutic goal-directed teaching. In my nursing practice, I have a variety of patients of different nationalities, economic statuses, genders, and cognitive developmental stages. I need to effectively determine each patients learning style in order to have successful communication. My continuous assessment of my patient’s response to teaching allows me to determine if my communication was successful or lost in translation and other methods need to be used. The goal of Healthy People 2020 is to eliminate health disparities among the population (Bastable, 2014). I will continue my education and learning in order to teach to the best of my
Effective communication is the foundation needed to provide therapeutic goal-directed teaching. In my nursing practice, I have a variety of patients of different nationalities, economic statuses, genders, and cognitive developmental stages. I need to effectively determine each patients learning style in order to have successful communication. My continuous assessment of my patient’s response to teaching allows me to determine if my communication was successful or lost in translation and other methods need to be used. The goal of Healthy People 2020 is to eliminate health disparities among the population (Bastable, 2014). I will continue my education and learning in order to teach to the best of my