Enhancing Informal Patient Education in Nursing Practice: A Review of Literature
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Enhancing Informal Patient Education in Nursing Practice: A Review of Literature
March 2, 2018
Literature review from Dunn and Milheim (2017)
The purpose of this paper is to: a) define how informal patient education manifests itself in healthcare settings, b) identify, through a review of literature, potential issues arising from informal patient education practices, and c) suggest ways nurses can further support and enhance informal patient education to help overcome these issues.
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