What is a good patient education topic?

[xmilkncookiesx]

Hi all. Groups in our class were all assigned a teaching project

My group chose Vitamin D without me and our other group members knowing or voting for or against it

I do not want to do vitamin d, I'd like to do something that would be fun, interesting, not so complicated for both the patient and nurse to understand and practice.

We are all first semester students, so we don't know too much yet.

Can any of you list off topics that you've done that is fun? Something like handing out papers for students to fill out as a survey or something that stands out.

I absolutely hate doing projects and presentations because I choke up, I skip a lot of information just to get it over with. And if I don't understand it or unfamiliar or not comfortable with the topic, I tend to rush through my notes without getting all information out.

I rather talk about a topic that is familiar to majority of us all, something that will be easy for patients to understand, etc etc. vitamin D I feel that we can't show or have fun with it during our presentation.

Thank you, much appreciated:)

[middleagednurse]

Why don't you do "vitamins"? Necessary or not? Questionaires as to what vitamins do you take and why? Then provide education about various vitamins, such as that any woman who could possible become pregnant should be on a folic aid supplement,

[m1ghtymurs3]

Do it about Pediatric Fevers! That has got to be one of the most misunderstood subjects by parents.

[NightNerd, MSN, RN]

I don't really understand the requirements for the project. So you are basically doing your own group research that applies to both your classmates and a Fundamentals of Nursing topic? Can you please post the guidelines?

Edit: sorry, didn't carefully read the other post.

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

Hand hygiene, stress reduction, benefits of drinking water versus energy drinks or soda, sleep, screen time, earthquake preparedness, are a few that my past students have done.

[RNNPICU, BSN, RN]

you could do importance of hands on learning, i.e simulation, in patient education

[Larry2016]

Honestly, Diabetes Mellitus type 2. It affects LOTS of other things discussed in nursing school.

Metabolic imbalances

Fluid / Electrolyte Imbalances: Sodium/Potassium/Phosphorus

Fatigue (d/t decreased energy levels - r/t imbalanced nutritional intake??)

Knowledge Deficit: Nutrition

*more than body requirements

* at risk for less than body requirements

Hypoglycemic Risk (Risk for unstable glucose levels)

Risk of DVT (d/t increased blood viscosity aeb unstable glucose levels)

Risk of infection (d/t immunocompromised)

Risk for disturbed sensory perception

Risk of impaired skin integrity (ie, diabetic foot ulcers as an example)