Which items should be included in patient education planning?

• A. Assessment of learning needs, setting goals, teaching methods, and evaluating understanding.
• B. Diagnosis, planning, implementing, and evaluating.
• C. Assessment of pain, medication administration, scheduling, and discharge planning.
• D. Assessing readiness, consent, documentation, and follow-up.

Answer: (A)

Planning patient education means identifying what the patient needs to learn, setting clear learning objectives, choosing appropriate teaching methods, and checking whether learning has occurred. The best option reflects that flow: assess learning needs to tailor the education, establish goals that specify what the patient should be able to do, select suitable teaching strategies, and evaluate understanding to confirm learning took place.

The other choices mix in broader nursing process steps, clinical care tasks, or administrative aspects that aren’t specific to designing and evaluating an education plan. For example, one option lists the steps of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation) rather than education planning; another focuses on clinical tasks like pain assessment and medication administration; and another mentions readiness and consent but omits the development and evaluation of teaching.