When caring for a client, the nurse is aware that a nurse should engage in client education:
a. during every interaction with a client
b. only when the client asks for information
c. after all health care has been provided
d. when the health care provider orders discharge planning
A
The sharing of information between individuals, using goal-directed activities to promote behavioral change as a result of learning, is known as teaching. Teaching can be either formal, taking place at a specific time and place about a specific topic, or informal, taking place whenever a learning need is identified. Nurses have unlimited opportunities to engage in informal teaching any time they identify a learning need.
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