title: Creating educational objectives for patient education using the new Bloom's Taxonomy.
abstract: Whenever the nurse encounters a patient or a patient's family, there is a transfer of information that is expected to be incorporated into the patient's overall outcome. Objectives help guide the transfer of knowledge and provide a basis by which to evaluate the extent of the patient's understanding. Bloom's Taxonomy has been a cornerstone for the development of objectives in academe for over half of a century. The Revised Bloom's Taxonomy is a tool that can be used by nurses who educate patients to ensure the education session is focused, clear, has standards for evaluation, and is well documented.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, School of Nursing, 461 21st Avenue, South Nashville, TN 37240, USA. steve.krau@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Krau
mesh_terms: D002965:Classification; D006040:Goals; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010934:Planning Techniques