Measurement Tools in Patient Education (2nd Ed.)

Redman, B. K. New York, NY. Springer Publishing. 2003. 296 pp. $69.95. (877) 687-7476. http://www.springerpub.com

This book provides a compendium of patient teaching tools for use in all areas of healthcare practice including:

* assessing patients' educational needs,

* evaluating effectiveness of patient teaching,

* tracking effectiveness of patient care, and

* improving quality of care by using outcomes to improve interventions.

Each chapter provides a brief description of a tool; its purpose, administration, and scoring guidelines; information on research and validity; and the tool itself. Since the first edition was published in 1998, the number of instruments has nearly doubled-this edition has 89 updated tools. Health-care professionals in any setting will find this an important resource for measuring and documenting the outcomes of patient teaching and for conducting research.