title: RN Evaluation of Errorless Methods in Teaching Discharge Medications to Cognitively Challenged Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify (1) effectiveness of current registered nurse (RN) strategies in teaching discharge medications to cognitively challenged patients and (2) whether errorless teaching/learning (ETL) with pictorial medication cards improves such instruction.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, qualitative, pretest/posttest.
  
  
  METHODS
  Open-ended interviews and a class on ETL were conducted with a purposive sample of 10 expert staff RNs from rehabilitation and neurological telemetry units in a 377-bed, not-for-profit hospital. Data were analyzed using content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Informants reported current practices that were not adapted for the cognitively challenged population (n = 10). They also found the new ETL easy, effective, and useful in promoting safety and satisfaction but reported that writing on the cards was too time-consuming (n = 7).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although not generalizable, outcomes suggest value in revising and evaluating ETL with a pictorial card for teaching this population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Discharge medication knowledge is critical to safe self-management, and using ETL with cognitively challenged persons may promote learning.
authors.affiliation: 1 Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, CA, USA2 Department of Nursing, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA3 Nursing, Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Maricel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carlos Patiag
authors.forename: Martha E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Farrar Highfield
mesh_terms: D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D036301:Qualitative Research; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000379:methods