Anderson, K. M., Leister, S., & De Rego, R. (2020). The 5ts for teach back: An operational definition for teach-back training. HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20200318-01
This article discusses the teach-back method, it's importance, and how to implement it. This article also discusses how to implement the “chunk and check” technique. This article would be helpful for nurses who have many topics to teach a single patient.
Flanders, S. (2019). Nurses as Educators. Effective Patient Education: Evidence and Common Sense. Nurses as Educators, 27(1), 55–58. Nurses as Educators. Effective Patient Education: Evidence and Common Sense...: EBSCOhost (capella.edu)
This article goes through evidence-based steps to properly educating a patient. Starting with the learning needs assessment (LNA), then planning what is going to be taught, then implementing the teaching, and finally evaluating the learning. This article would be helpful for all nurses looking to improve their patient education skills.
Parrish, S. (2022b, July 28). Patient education tools: Learning needs assessments. CHESS Health Solutions. https://www.chesshealthsolutions.com/2022/07/28/patient-education-tools-learning-needs-assessments/
This article discusses assessing learning needs for patients. It explains how to assess the patient's specific needs, style, concerns, and readiness to learn. This will be helpful to the nurse to maximize the patient's learning when performing patient education.
Seely, K. D., Higgs, J. A., & Nigh, A. (2022b). Utilizing the “teach-back” method to improve surgical informed consent and shared decision-making: A Review. Patient Safety in Surgery, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-022-00322-z
This article discusses the teach-back method. It discusses the technique of how to use the method, as well as teaching the reader why it is used, how it aids in patient education, the effectiveness of using the strategy, etc. This article would be especially helpful to the nurse that wants to utilize this method in teaching a patient a skill and making sure they understand it before discharging.