title: Developing and evaluating patient education materials.
abstract: Nurses should be involved in all aspects of patient education, including the development of print and web resources, but most nurses have not been educated in how to develop these resources. This article discusses the rationale for nurse involvement, describes guidelines for evaluating existing material for credibility and readability, and provides recommendations for rewriting material at an easier-to-read level.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at El Paso School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, El Paso, Texas 79902, USA.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Monsivais
authors.forename: Audree
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D004522:Educational Status; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011932:Reading; D013664:Teaching Materials / Q000592:standards*