Diversity among individuals, as well as cultures, provides a challenge for nurses when it comes to delivering meaningful health promotion and illness prevention-based education. How do teaching principles, varied learning styles (for both nurses and patients), and teaching methodologies impact the approach to education? How do health care providers overcome differing points of view regarding health promotion and disease prevention? Provide an example.

Teaching patients comes as a part of a nurse's job and duty. In order to begin teaching we must first assess the patient's knowledge base of the particular subject being taught. We must also consider the patients readiness. Teaching begins on admission in the hospital. Some strategies that I have seen used are emphasizing the most...