Educating the Patient on the Need for Pneumonia Medication and Prevention

• The client will learn the symptoms, complications, and treatment of Pneumonia.

• The relative will demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of how to take care of the patient.

Behaviors the beneficiaries will demonstrate after the exercise:

1. The patient will be enabled to do the following activities after the teaching program:

• Assess his health development by evaluating signs and symptoms
• Understand and demonstrate the knowledge of taking the right medication doses
• Establish the need to attend the facility for further checkups

2. The family member will be enabled to perform the following tasks:

• He will administer the medication to the patient at home
• He will also follow up on the health improvement of the patient
• He will demonstrate the understanding of various symptoms and signs of Pneumonia

• Signs and symptoms of Pneumonia
• The correct procedure to take medication
• Prevention of Pneumonia

Other principles that will guide this learning exercise include the learners’ prior exercises, learners’ orientation of learning, and learners’ self-concept (Lewis et al., 2019). Therefore the following approach will be used while interacting with the clients:

1. First, the nurse will introduce the topic of Pneumonia to both the patient and the family member. The introduction is necessary and must consider the vulnerability of the patient and hence kindness, generosity, and polite methods are highly desirable.
2. The nurse will also include charts and pictures related to the Pneumonia to understand better the concepts taught.
3. The patients will then be offered time to ask related Pneumonia and health-related questions, which the nurse will answer.
4. The nurse will then conduct the assessment of the topic, objectives, and achievements of the patient teaching process.

• For the learning process to be effective, the desirable resources include human resources and materials. The nurses are an important resource in the process of client learning since their conversant with the Pneumonia topic, and communication skills will ensure they understand the concepts better.
• Other material that will be needed includes pictures and charts that enable the patients to relate the concepts efficiently.

• At this stage, the learning outcomes will be evaluated through different methods such as direct observation and the use of direct questions.

• The nurse will constantly observe the body position, facial expressions, and eye contact to understand the feeling of the learners in the teaching practice.
• Through the questions, the nurses will assess the learners’ understanding of core concepts.