Transforming Practice through Reflection in Patient Education

Abstract

Objective: This paper is a report about transforming patient education practice, to get further transformation of patient education. Method: Smyth's critical emancipatory reflective framework was used to guide the reflective practice. Results: Many reasons influence the patient education practice including nurses' worldview, historical, economic and social reasons. Conclusion: Nurses should empower themselves as well as patients, and patient education should be based on patients' needs and their belief, the responsibility of nurses should be guiding and teaching.