franlondon

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About franlondon

Author of No Time to Teach? A Nurse's Guide to Patient and Family Education

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  1. Narrative Teaching Documentation

    It sounds like this is how your conversation with the patient went: "Do you understand?" "Yes." "Are you ready to go home, and will your call the nurse if you have any questions?" "Yes." Really, is...
  2. Help i need patient education handouts

    If what you are looking for is not on MedlinePlus, try the Emily Center at Phoenix Children's Hospital. http://www.phoenixchildrens.com/emily-center/ Good luck. -
  3. nursing or teaching??

    Patient education is a growing field in nursing. Health literacy is strongly correlated with health outcomes, and effective teaching is essential. Here are a few references to get you started: Doak,...
  4. Teaching a patient who can't read

    You might want to review the resources available before writing your own. Here are a few of the best: AMC Cancer Research Center. (1994). Beyond the brochure: Alternative approaches to effective...
  5. Back when I was a staff nurse, I had a similar experience. One of the nurses I worked with got sick and died within days. Then one of the doctors on our team died in a car accident. I processed the...
  6. I have a question about humor etiquette

    Your question has been asked before, and a whole discipline has grown around it. Here's a great resource: The Amercian Association for Therapeutic Humor (AATH). They even have a reading list...
  7. Pt. teaching sites? Handouts? Please help!

    First, ask yourself why you need a handout. What are you teaching that the learner needs to have in writing, to refer to later? (Paper doesn't teach; people do.) Then, a good source is the...
  8. Discharge instructions

    I've looked at policies, guidelines, and standards from various resources, and here's a summary of what needs to be provided at discharge: Attending doctor's name and phone number Diagnosis Follow-up...
  9. Nursing Journal of Jocularity

    I was the Editor of JNJ for 5 years. The magazine ceased to exist when the publisher, Doug Fletcher, RN, and three of my other friends died in a car accident May 1, 1998. I miss it