Nurses' and Patients' Perception of Educational Needs of Patients: A Review of Educational Needs

Abstract

Training patients has many benefits, including reduce the incidence of diseases complications, improve their life quality, satisfaction, reduce the therapy costs and decrease the extent of patients' revisits. This research aims to compare the importance of educational needs from nurses' and patients' perspective. In this review, the literature available on Mag Iran, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and PubMed were collected, and after reviewing, the relevant literature was studied. Literature finding indicates to that patients and nurses perception of educational needs at a significant level. According to the research results, patients' need training; such education is recommended to be based on patients' educational needs. Increasing patients' information can better take care of them and this also improves nursing cares. Training patients prevents complications and reduces costs.

Nurses' Practices regarding Patients Discharge Planning post Cardiac Surgery at Cardiac Centers in Baghdad city

“…Cardiac surgery is a significant event in a patient's life and can effect on the personal, economic, and professional life of the individual, and damage their physical functioning. Regarding of revascularization surgery patients include chance of success for the surgery, fear during the recovery period, fear of discomfort and pain of surgery, concerns about fatigue, disorders of sleeping, loss of appetite, return to normal life, activities post-surgery, drug addiction, cardiac monitoring, the period of stay in hospital, and the costs of hospitalization (2). Discharge planning is a key element in the care of patients.…”