PROGRAM TOPICS

Patient and Family Education


Partners in Care Patient Education Series

Patients who take an active role in their treatment plan become part of the team helping not only to speed recovery but also to reduce medical errors. Presented in easy-to-understand language, this award winning series also helps meet the Joint Commission’s Patient Safety Standards!

Partners in Care: Patient Education for Preventing Surgical Site Infections (Program Nine)

7 minutes
The patient plays a vital role in preventing surgical site infections! Help your facility reduce SSIs by educating the patient on infection prevention strategies that they can practice both before and after surgery.

Partners in Care… Infection Control for Patient Education (Program Four)

11 minutes
This program educates patients on the actions they can take in the hospital and at home to help control and even eliminate germs from becoming a threat to their health

Partners in Care…Advance Directives for Patient Education (Program One)

11 minutes
This program alerts patients of the need to address personal choices regarding death or dying and communcating those choices to family and healthcare providers.

Partners in Care…Fall Prevention for Patient Education (Program Three)

11 minutes
This program educates patients on the risk factors for suffering a fall, and actions they and their caregivers can take to help prevent falls in the hospital and at home.

Partners in Care…Medication Use for Patient Education (Program Five)

11 minutes
This program educates patients on the importance of being involved in their treatment, especially when taking medicaitons, in order to prevent medical errors and enhance healing.

Partners in Care…Pain Management for Patient Education (Program Six)

12 minutes
This program discusses the patient's rights and responsibilities in providing effective pain management, and the benefits of preventing and relieving pain.

Partners in Care…Patient Education on Drug-Resistant Organisms

9 minutes
This program educates patients and their family members on what it means to be colonized or infected with a drug resistant organism (DRO), and what to do to prevent transmission both in the hospital and once the patient is discharged home.

Partners in Care…Patient Rights and Responsibilities for Patient Education (Program Seven)

11 minutes
This program educates pateitns on their rights and responsibilities while in the hospital; not only to help speed recovery but also to reduce medical errors.

Partners in Care…Pressure Ulcers for Patient Education (Program 8)

11 minutes
This program gives patients and their caregivers need-to-know information on how to prevent pressure ulcers and understand best care practices for their specific type of chronic wound.