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CE Home > Professional Issues > CE270 Teaching Adult Patients with Learning Disabilities
Advanced Practice Course
CE270c ·1.0 hr
Teaching Adult Patients with Learning Disabilities
Author: Janet Hoffman Mennies, RNC, MSN, CRNP

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Objectives

The goal of this program is to provide nurses with practical and useful techniques for educating adult patients with learning disabilities. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —

  • Identify four characteristics of persons with learning disabilities that may be noticed in a health care setting.
  • List three alternatives to written health information that can improve comprehension for adult patients with learning disabilities.
  • Describe specific strategies for teaching people with learning disabilities like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, low literacy, poor math skills, and social skills deficits.