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Patient and family education plays an important role in patient care. If the patient doesn’t understand their illness, which can be life changing, then they need to have family involved to help them with their cares so that they will not have to be readmitted to the hospital. Today, the patients family plays a vital role in continuing health but most importantly, the family members who live together. They help the patient remember to take important medications and appropriate measurements daily. As well as helping the patients to make the correct lifestyle choices that they need to stay healthy.

Educational pamphlets should be readily available to present to the patient to read, as well as their family members. There are some details that should be kept in mind while these pamphlets are being written. The Material needs to be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Reasonable, and time-bound) which allows the patient to achieve a clear-cut goal in a perceived attainable time frame. The materials should be Evidence-based to show the best available outcome. The material needs to be written in a grade level between six and eight. This is because, most of the population has a lower level of reading and comprehension so the material needs to be written in a way that the lay population can understand. Consider using visual aids such as pictures and charts or graphs to help achieve higher rates of understanding. Don’t jump around from idea to idea, and limit the number of messages so that the reader does not feel overwhelmed with information.

How to Create Effective Written Patient Learning Materials. (2008). Retrieved June 12, 2018, from http://www.jgh.ca/uploads/Library/HandbookEngJan20…