Using “No Time to Teach”

Health care providers don’t have time to study 400 page treatises. They need a summary of all the research findings how to teach patients most effectively and efficiently, that presents practical ways to apply these findings in an evidence-based practice. No Time to Teach: The Essence of Patient Education for Health Care Providers does this in a 202-page book that sells for $12.95.

A Director of Nursing emailed me, saying she purchased a copy of No Time to Teach for each of her nursing units. A manager of a hospital department told me she purchased a copy of this book for everyone on her team – not just the nurses. She has turned several staff meetings into book club sessions, where they discuss No Time to Teach chapter by chapter, thinking about how they can apply the contents to practice. The manager is doing this to unite their efforts, improve their skills, and build their enthusiasm.

I believe that after saving lives, the most important service of health care providers is patient and family education. There is so much good information out there, but it is not easy to take the time to sort through it and figure out how to apply it to practice. I have chosen a career in dissemination of research. Knowing what the research reveals is not meaningful until it is applied and improves outcomes. No Time to Teach is a clear, practical tool to move you from knowledge to practice, and from novice to expert.

Thank you, readers, for spreading the word.