Episode 87: What Are the Biggest Barriers to Patient Education?

ONS member Susan Rawl, PhD, RN, FAAHB, FAAN, professor in the science and nursing care department and director of the Advanced Training in Self-Management Interventions Program at Indiana University School of Nursing in Indianapolis, and member of the Central Indiana ONS Chapter, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss barriers to patient education, how healthcare disparities affect education delivery, and ways nurses can overcome challenges to support patient needs. Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Episode Notes Check out these resources from today's episode: The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities.  New Patient Education Formats Help Nurses Connect Patients to Individualized Resources Nurses Must Understand Health Disparities to Provide Effective Patient Education Patient Education Is Critical to Managing irAEs for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Episode 43: Sharing Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Resources Standards of Oncology Education