Pilot educational program to enhance empowering patient education of school-age children with diabetes.

Background: Nurses have a crucial role in patient education of children with type 1 diabetes, but they often exhibit lack of knowledge of the patient education process. This study aimed to describe an educational program to enhance empowering patient education process for the blood glucose monitoring education of school-age children and nurses' perceptions of using empowering techniques.

Methods: An empowering patient education process for the diabetes education of school-age children was developed.

Perceptions of patient education during hospital visit--described by school-age children with a chronic illness and their parents.

Background: Families having a child with a chronic disease face changes in their everyday lives, and the whole family is involved in patient education. Nurses bear a great responsibility for patient education, but their school-age patients' and their parents' perceptions of patient education have only been studied to a limited extent.

Aim: The current study aimed to explore the elements of significant patient education events during a hospital visit described by school-age children with a chronic illness and their parents.