Nursing: Health Education and Improving Patient Self-Management

• Main Author: Sassen, Barbara (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Nursing.; Health promotion.; Medical research.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Quality of Life Research.

This book describes the latest advances in health education and patients' self-management, addressing core questions such as: How can you motivate a patient to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and how can you support their self-management? Though there is a broad consensus within the nursing profes...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Health, health indicators and public health
• Chapter 2. Health, health risks and mapping public health
• Chapter 3. Prevention within the nursing profession
• Chapter 4. Health promotion and health education by nurses
• Chapter 5. Patient education and improving the self-management of patients
• Chapter 6. The nurse as a health coach.