title: Clinic visit and waiting: patient education and satisfaction.
abstract: Teaching should be part of every patient's health care. Even though this study did not show that teaching improves patient satisfaction with the clinic visit, it did indicate that subjects who were taught by the nurse were more satisfied with the education received during that visit.$
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University, College of Nursing, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Marilyn H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Oermann
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masserang
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maxey
authors.forename: Mary Patricia
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014850:Waiting Lists