Jones & Bartlett Learning Nursing Blog

Nurses are increasingly taking on a larger role in patient teaching, health education, and health promotion. Susan B. Bastable's recently published Essentials of Patient Education, Second Edition focuses on the basic principles of teaching and learning by emphasizing the professional nurse’s role in educating patients and families effectively and efficiently in various healthcare settings. In a new 4-star review, Patricia Sciscione , BSN, MSN, PhD, RN, from Monmouth University School of Nursing and Health Studies, writing for Doody's Review Service calls it,

“…an excellent teaching resource for nurses at all levels of practice in all types of healthcare settings. [It] provides all the essential information to confidently and competently develop this education.”

In today's healthcare environment, nurses need to be prepared for their increasing role in patient teaching, health education, and health promotion. Essentials of Patient Education, Second Edition by Susan B. Bastable focuses on the basic principles of teaching and learning by emphasizing the professional nurse's role in educating patients and families effectively and efficiently in various healthcare settings.

The Second Edition explores new topics of motor learning, gender differences in the brain, the ethics of patient education, and the nurse's legal role as mandated by state practice. It also features completely revised chapter content and updated references, providing evidence from research and theoretical foundations to substantiate content throughout the text.