ROLE OF
THE NURSE
AS
HEALTH
EDUCATOR
Who can be the audience?
patients
family members
nursing students
nursing staff
agency personnel
Who can be the audience?
Family members
family members
nursing students
nursing staff
agency personnel
Who can be the audience?
Student-nurses
nursing staff
agency personnel
Who can be the audience?
nursing staff
agency
personnel
….. the role of educator
is not primarily to teach,
but to promote learning &
provide for an environment
conducive to learning–
to create the teachable
moment rather than just
waiting for it to happen…
(Wagner & Ash,1998)
CONSIDERATIONS….
before an RN can teach….
Is every nurse adequately
prepared to assess for learning
needs,readiness to learn, and
learning styles?
CONSIDERATIONS….
before an RN can teach….
Can every nurse determine
whether information given is
received &understood?
CONSIDERATIONS….
before an RN can teach….
Are all nurses capable of taking
appropriate action to revise
the approach to educating the
client if the information
provided is not comprehended?
CONSIDERATIONS….
before an RN can teach….
Do nurses realize the need to
transition their role of educator
from being a content transmitter to
being a process manager, from
controlling the learner to releasing
the learner,and from being a teacher
to becoming a facilitator?
teachers’ roles…..
……..facilitator
……..process designer
……..coordinator
……..guide
paradigm shift!
Teacher- centered

LEARNER-CENTERED
ROLE OF NURSE TODAY…..
GIVER OF
INFORMATION
ROLE OF NURSE TODAY…..
FACILITATOR OF LEARNING
ROLE OF NURSE TODAY…..
COORDINATOR
OF TEACHING
ROLE OF NURSE TODAY…..
ADVOCATE
OF CLIENT