Health Fair Patient education is important to help promote healthy behaviors and positive patient outcomes. Adaptations to teaching methods are necessary based on the patient’s learning needs, abilities, and cognitive development. Proper hand washing is the most effective tool for preventing the spread of microbes and infections (McKinney, James, Murray, Nelson & Ashwill, 2013, p. 1306). This paper will look at how to adapt patient education in pediatrics based on the developmental stages as differentiated by Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.
Preschool
According to Piaget, preschool children, until approximately age seven, are in the period of preoperational thought. This stage is characterized by not being able to concentrate …show more content…
74). Adolescents are motivated by the short-term consequences of their actions (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). For this age group, an appropriate diagnostic statement would be, deficient knowledge related to lack of interest in learning as evidenced by the adolescent’s lack of motivation to understand risk-prone behaviors (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 74). The nurse is most successful in helping the adolescent children understand and promote healthy behaviors and disease prevention by using effective communication, anticipating needs and identifying problems early (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 166). Thus, teaching the adolescent children the risks helps to promote effective hand hygiene in the age group. The goal for this age group is, the adolescent children will successfully demonstrate proper hand hygiene for at least 20-seconds by the end of the teaching session on November 16, 2016 (Ackley & Ladwig, 2014, p. 504). In addition, for this age group, the adolescent children will be able to verbalize the effects of ineffective hand hygiene by the end of the teaching session on November 16, 2016 (Ackley & Ladwig, 2014, p. …show more content…
This serves to motivate the adolescent children to learn how to perform effective hand washing to prevent the spread of infection (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). Next, the nursing students will apply a different color of glitter to each of the adolescent’s hands, leaving some students with no glitter. The nursing students will then instruct the children to shake hands with each other and give high fives to spread the glitter “germs.” Adolescent children achieve more effective learning when they actively participate (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). After giving high fives and shaking hands, the adolescent children will then pass a tennis ball within the group for two minutes. The tennis ball is used because adolescent children use sports as an outlet for their energy (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). Then, the nursing students will show the adolescent children an upbeat YouTube video with a popular song demonstrating proper hand washing. Social media is an effective means of communicating with adolescent children that increases interest and subsequent learning (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). Lastly, the adolescent children will be instructed to demonstrate what was learned by performing effective hand washing. After completing proper hand washing, the adolescent children will receive a certificate to provide positive reinforcement
Preschool
According to Piaget, preschool children, until approximately age seven, are in the period of preoperational thought. This stage is characterized by not being able to concentrate …show more content…
74). Adolescents are motivated by the short-term consequences of their actions (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). For this age group, an appropriate diagnostic statement would be, deficient knowledge related to lack of interest in learning as evidenced by the adolescent’s lack of motivation to understand risk-prone behaviors (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 74). The nurse is most successful in helping the adolescent children understand and promote healthy behaviors and disease prevention by using effective communication, anticipating needs and identifying problems early (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 166). Thus, teaching the adolescent children the risks helps to promote effective hand hygiene in the age group. The goal for this age group is, the adolescent children will successfully demonstrate proper hand hygiene for at least 20-seconds by the end of the teaching session on November 16, 2016 (Ackley & Ladwig, 2014, p. 504). In addition, for this age group, the adolescent children will be able to verbalize the effects of ineffective hand hygiene by the end of the teaching session on November 16, 2016 (Ackley & Ladwig, 2014, p. …show more content…
This serves to motivate the adolescent children to learn how to perform effective hand washing to prevent the spread of infection (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). Next, the nursing students will apply a different color of glitter to each of the adolescent’s hands, leaving some students with no glitter. The nursing students will then instruct the children to shake hands with each other and give high fives to spread the glitter “germs.” Adolescent children achieve more effective learning when they actively participate (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). After giving high fives and shaking hands, the adolescent children will then pass a tennis ball within the group for two minutes. The tennis ball is used because adolescent children use sports as an outlet for their energy (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). Then, the nursing students will show the adolescent children an upbeat YouTube video with a popular song demonstrating proper hand washing. Social media is an effective means of communicating with adolescent children that increases interest and subsequent learning (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). Lastly, the adolescent children will be instructed to demonstrate what was learned by performing effective hand washing. After completing proper hand washing, the adolescent children will receive a certificate to provide positive reinforcement