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T M Chase

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PubMed2001

Learning styles and teaching strategies: enhancing the patient education experience.

Enhancing the effectiveness of patient education efforts is a key goal for any health care provider involved in patient care. Nurses have limited time to review many important topics of education for patients in the rehabilitation process. Assessing the learning style of patients and then focusing teaching strategies to meet those individual styles can increase motivation, improve retention, and make the teaching-learning session more effective. This article will provide the reader with some practical information, usable tools, and additional resources to meet Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards and improve the delivery of patient education. Nurses attuned to the individual needs of patients, including learning styles, will find that this article has important information that can be applied to the clinical setting.

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PubMed1987

Toxoplasmosis.

Infection with T. gondii can have devastating effects on the development of the unborn human fetus. As veterinarians or physicians, we should be able to accurately assess the true risk of exposure of a person to meat-borne tissue cysts or to oocysts based on the age, health, roaming and feeding habits of their cats, and the occupational or recreational activities of the individual. When time precludes an in-depth discussion of preventive measures to decrease exposure to the parasite, the whole client education program can be neatly summarized in the admonition, "When pregnant, wash your hands thoroughly before eating or touching your face, and cook your meat thoroughly." In this way, the risk of exposure to toxoplasmosis and all other meat- or soil-borne diseases is greatly reduced.

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