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Evvie72 · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

A patient who is educated regarding his or her condition and plan of care is:

a. more likely to refuse the plan of care in lieu of his or her own plan.
b. more likely to be compliant with the plan of care.
c. likely to complain more when a deviation from the plan is noted.
d. likely to demand explanation for each intervention.

Question 2

Educating our patients is mandated by The Joint Commission. Which statement best describes the specifics of that requirement? The training and education must be:

a. specific to the assessed needs, interdisciplinary, and evaluated for effectiveness.
b. specific to the assessed needs, cost-effective, and focused.
c. based on the patient's ability to learn, cost-effective, and timely.
d. specific to assessed needs, timely, and delivered by only one person for continui-ty.

yotaSR5 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
An informed patient is better able to manage health care, is more compliant with the plan of care, and as a result, experiences more positive outcomes.

Answer to Question 2

A
The Joint Commission standards state, The patient receives education and training specific to the patient's assessed needs, abilities, learning preferences, and readiness to learn as appropriate to the care and services provided by the hospital. The Joint Commission requires patient educa-tion to be interdisciplinary. Furthermore, health care facilities must audit patient education to ensure consistency of teaching and that the health care team members are evaluating the effec-tiveness of the patient education they give.