This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for registered nurses, registered practical nurses and other health-care providers to facilitate client centred learning that promotes and enables clients to take action for their health.
This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for registered nurses, registered practical nurses and other health-care providers to facilitate client centred learning that promotes and enables clients to take action for their health.
As an introduction, we’ve provided summaries of the practice recommendations from the BPG document — but we strongly encourage downloading RNAO’s official PDF.
Create a safe, shame- and blame-free environment to assess client learning.
Use a universal precautions approach for health literacy to create a safe, shame- and blame-free environment.
Assess the learning needs of the client.
Tailor your approach and educational design by collaborating with the client and the interprofessional team.
Engage in more structured and intentional approaches when facilitating client centred learning.
Use plain language, pictures and illustrations to promote health literacy.
Use a combination of educational strategies for effective learning
Assess client learning.
Communicate client centred learning effectively with:
This website was developed by a team of researchers at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University). The purpose of the site is to provide supplementary resources for implementing RNAO’s Best Practice Guidelines. Some information about the best practice guidelines has been collected directly from the RNAO BPG website. We have done our best to ensure accuracy, however some discrepancies may occur. For official, up-to-date information about the best practice guidelines, please refer to the RNAO website.
