Course description

This module aims to assist nurses to understand how they can provide effective education to children and their families about eczema, using a framework for nurse-led intervention devised by Thompson and Thompson (2014). The framework combines elements of nursing, education and cognitive psychology to assist children and their families to understand the condition and develop the skills they require to manage such a chronic condition.

Don't forget that you do not have to complete our two-hour learning modules all in one go. Tailor your learning to fit into your busy schedule by undertaking one or two sections at a time. You can stop and save your learning at any point and pick up where you left off when you return.

Learning aims and intended outcomes

• Discuss the essential elements of patient education that are required to assist children and their families to maintain long-term management of eczema
• Summarise the main points you would explain to children and their families to assist them in gaining knowledge of the condition
• Explain the distinction between declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge, and describe how this knowledge might be gained in the healthcare context
• Describe how the nurse can enable the behaviour changes that are required for long-term management of eczema
• Outline the theoretical basis of success for patient education in nurse-led educational interventions