Patient education to enhance contact dermatitis evaluation and testing.
Patient education plays an important role in empowering patients who have allergic contact dermatitis. Having the knowledge about a disease process does not guarantee healthy behaviors. Through careful assessment of educational needs, awareness of stages of change that adults go through, and use of resources available to members of the American Contact Dermatology Society, nurses can provide patient education that completes the patch testing process.
Smith
Mary C
MC
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. mary.smith@UHhospitals.org
D000328:Adult; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003880:Dermatology / Q000379:methods; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010328:Patch Tests / Q000451:nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D013664:Teaching Materials