Infusing Geropsychiatric Nursing into Curricula - Resources for Teaching Key Concept II.E. (Management: Influences from Decisional Dapacity, Health Literacy)
The Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative has developed Geropsychiatric Nursing Competency Enhancements and 27 associated Key Concepts (see POGOe Product 20660) to draw attention to the special mental health issues of older adults and assist faculty to address them. The key concepts are organized into four domains: assessment, management, approach to older adults, and role. This product provides an index of resources addressing Key Concept II.E. -- Management: Influences from decisional capacity, health literacy.
Older adults with mental health disorders and/or cognitive impairments may experience diminished decision-making capacity. As a result, nurses must be aware of factors contributing to, and signs and consequences of, diminished capacity.
Further, less than a full 12 years of formal education is common for many of today’s older adults. For these and all older adults, achieving appropriate treatment goals may be hindered by difficulty in understanding medical language, and reduced health literacy may prevent an otherwise willing and capable individual from understanding and carrying out recommendations .
This product contains resources that address the following:
- Decision Making
- Dementia
- Delirium
- Health Literacy
1) Increase awareness of knowledge of factors contributing to and affected by decisional capacity. 2) Increase knowledge of strategies to promote health literacy.
Each of the 27 products based on the Key Concepts provides access to curriculum/teaching materials to assist faculty to infuse the geropsychiatric nursing competency enhancements into course objectives, teaching strategies, didactic content, and/or clinical experiences of relevant educational programs. These include entry level and advanced practice nursing programs in psychiatric-mental health, adult/gerontological, family, women’s health or acute care, or stand-alone geropsychiatric nursing or continuing education courses. The resources may be adapted for use with a range of learners, as indicated in each description. Each resource has been identified as appropriate to teaching the Key Concept and is described in detail.