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Sample Abstract Format
(1)
DEVELOPMENT OF PATIENT EDUCATION PROTOCOLS (Optional for
Nurse Ed)
(2, 4)
Jane Doe, MA, RN,C
(3)
Nursing Staff Development Coordinator
(3)
General Hospital, Anywhere, Missouri
(5) Intent:
The purpose of this activity was to develop protocols for
patient education that could be used by the bedside nurse to
give consistent evidence-based education and would
facilitate simple documentation of the teaching.
(6) Description:
It is our institutional philosophy that the bedside care
giver should be primarily responsible for the education of
patients and significant others. For this reason, an attempt
was made through a literature search and site visits to
develop protocols for patient education that would lessen
the stress of education for the nurse at the bedside while
at the same time facilitating simple documentation of
teaching. This format for development of protocols which was
developed by our Patient Education Committee of
representatives from all nursing units, and which we have
been using for the past six months should provide a
simplified and consistent mechanism for enhancing patient
and/or significant others knowledge, skills and behavior.
The cost in time in resources has more than been made up by
the time savings and increase in quality.
(6) Evaluation:
A plan is in place to send randomly selected patients a
short questionnaire asking them to evaluate the
effectiveness of the education they received prior to
discharge.
Anderson, Carolyn (1990) Patient Teaching
and Communicating in an Information Age, Delmar Publishers,
Inc.
Nursing Clinics of North America (1989)
September, A Adult Nursing Education: The cornerstone of
Patient Teaching.
Redman, Barbara K. (1988) The Process of
Patient Education, C. V. Mosby Company.
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