Patient Education: Using Teach-Back
Patient Education: Using Teach-Back is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Course Originally Released on: 12/28/2022
Date of Most Recent Review: 12/28/2022
Course Termination/ Update Date: 12/31/2025
Description:
Accreditation standards mandate the evaluation of patients’ understanding of the teaching they receive during encounters with healthcare providers. More importantly, knowing whether your patient truly understands and can act on what you have taught them is key to their successful self-management of health-related conditions. This course provides the definition of teach-back and guidance for incorporating this educational method into your daily care of patients and their families.
Goal and Learning Outcomes:
The goal of this course is to educate nursing professionals, nutrition and dietetics professionals, and pharmacy professionals in the acute care setting about the teach-back method.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Discuss how to individualize patient education based on the results of teach-back.
• Explain the rationale for teach-back and identify the skills needed to use teach-back.