ENTER: a care guide for successfully educating patients.

The role of the nurse as teacher is assumed and preparation for the patient at discharge becomes the ultimate responsibility of the nurse. Furthermore, patient education continues to grow in importance. Because of increasing demands on time and full schedules, nurses are in need of a quick and practical solution to offering valuable patient education. The ENTER acronym is written with the practicing nurse in mind. It is a simple framework that provides a model for staff development educators to use to assist nurses to become better patient educators.