Community Teaching Plan: Teaching Experience

In 1,500 words, describe the teaching experience and discuss your observations. The written portion of this assignment should include:

Summary of teaching plan – Poster presentation online to improve health literacy in teenagers
Epidemiological rationale for topic –
It is estimated that one in three adults in the US have reduced health literacy. Additionally, minority populations, such as African Americans, have even greater percentages of persons lacking in health literacy. I reside in Texas where 19% of the population has low health literacy. The inability to read and understand health information is significantly correlated with reduced abilities to read and write. Furthermore, low health literacy costs the US billions of dollars each year.

Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective self-health management related to low health-literacy as evidenced by inability to show an understanding of a nursing care plan.

Evaluation of teaching experience
Community response to teaching
Areas of strengths and areas of improvement

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Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal

Planning and Topic

Directions: Develop an educational series proposal for your community using one of the following four topics:

1. Bioterrorism/Disaster

2. Environmental Issues

3. Primary Prevention/Health Promotion

4. Secondary Prevention/Screenings for a Vulnerable Population

Planning Before Teaching:

Name and Credentials of Teacher: Benadeth Geoffrey, RN

Estimated Time Teaching Will Last: 25 minutes

Location of Teaching: online

Supplies, Material, Equipment Needed: computer, printer, copier paper

Estimated Cost: $50

Community and Target Aggregate: African American adolescents aged 13 to 18

Topic: Increasing health literacy in African American adolescents aged 13 to 18

Community Teaching Plan: Teaching Experience

Identification of Focus for Community Teaching (Topic Selection): Primary Prevention/Health Promotion

Epidemiological Rationale for Topic (Statistics Related to Topic):

It is estimated that one in three adults in the US have reduced health literacy. Additionally, minority populations, such as African Americans, have even greater percentages of persons lacking in health literacy. I reside in Texas where 19% of the population has low health literacy. The inability to read and understand health information is significantly correlated with reduced abilities to read and write. Furthermore, low health literacy costs the US billions of dollars each year.

Teaching Plan Criteria

Your teaching plan will be graded based on its effectiveness and relevance to the population selected. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective self-health management related to low health-literacy as evidenced by inability to show an understanding of a nursing care plan.

Readiness for Learning: Identify the factors that would indicate the readiness to learn for the target aggregate. Include emotional and experiential readiness to learn.

1. Physical readiness – patient is alert and attentive to nursing information and expresses open body language such as making eye contact with the nurse.

2. Emotional readiness – patient displays a positive and welcoming affect

3. Knowledge readiness – patient is oriented to time and place, and expressed an interest in learning more about understanding health information

Learning Theory to Be Utilized: Explain how the theory will be applied.

The Cognitive Learning Theory will be applied in this teaching plan. The goal is to enhance learning amongst participants while also helping them maximize their brain’s potential. As health literacy is a national issue that is closely linked to other socioeconomic issues, the cognitive theory will best enhance outcomes. As the nurse, I will teach patients key concepts in healthcare and then teach them how to interpret medical statements associated with such concepts. I will also include ways that this population can gain understanding and show understanding to their individual nurses. Lastly, I will test for understanding.

Goal: Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) objective(s) utilized as the goal for the teaching. Include the appropriate objective number and rationale for using the selected HP2020 objective (use at least one objective from one of the 24 focus areas). If an HP2020 objective does not support your teaching, explain how your teaching applies to one of the two overarching HP2020 goals.

ECBP-4Increase the proportion of elementary, middle, and senior high schools that provide school health education to promote personal health and wellness in the following areas: hand washing or hand hygiene; oral health; growth and development; sun safety and skin cancer prevention; benefits of rest and sleep; ways to prevent vision and hearing loss; and the importance of health screenings and checkups

Rationale: Targeting adolescents before they reach adulthood will reduce the number of adults with low health literacy. Being an adolescent is already a vulnerable population and adding the minority label places this population at risks for too many negative outcomes.