title: Making the most of your time: the benefits of converting patient education programs into continuing nursing education.
abstract: Educating hospital staff and patients is a time-consuming, yet essential component to a successful bariatric surgery program. The process of converting patient education and support group sessions into continuing education opportunities for hospital staff is described. This also provides hospital staff with direct exposure to patient testimony of concerns and obstacles to following treatment plans.
authors.affiliation: Pomerado Hospital, Poway, CA 92064, USA. Jed2@pphs.org
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Callery
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D009767:Obesity, Morbid; D010353:Patient Education as Topic