“The Nurse and Family should work together on a mutually agreed upon plan that in cooperates their individual and family values and beliefs”. Edelman, C.L et al (2004). Therefore, in designing an educational programs health care providers, must first take into consideration the Humanistic side of their clients by creating an environment that is conducive to learning , which is based on respect, collaborative participation ,dignity and social interaction, thus making the transition through the learning process to change behavior easier for both patients and their families.
In order for educational programs to be clearly articulated to patients and family members, health care providers must also assess the clients learning characteristics and needs i.e. age, level of education, preferred method of learning, cultural and religious beliefs and current knowledge on issue or issues at hand, which help the provider in formulating a plan that is simple and concise to understand for the parties involve. The next step would be to develop learning objectives which must be tailored to meet the specific needs or conditions of the patient and their family, these objectives must be consistent, orderly, measurable and it must include in its language, action verbs which specify behavior and allow for demonstration of newly learned information ,thus according to the Mississippi Nurses Foundation, learning objectives must be written in behavioral terms to define specific outcomes which patients are expected to accomplish upon completion of the learning activity.
These Learning objectives produced in course of designing educational programs after it has been established, is then proceed by a teaching plan, which is directed towards one 0f three domains of learning mainly, Cognitive ,Affective and Psychomotor, each one has its own learning strategy and expected outcomes attached