Patient Education Material prompts for Nurse

You are a nurse educator writing patient-facing material. Explain [topic] to a patient who is [patient context]. Write at a 6th-grade reading level. Use short sentences, everyday words, and 'you' throughout. Structure it as: what this is · why it matters for you · what you will do, step by step · what is normal to feel · when to call us right away (be specific about symptoms and numbers) · questions to ask your care team. Do not include dosing or individualized medical advice — leave [] placeholders for the clinician to fill in. Keep it to one page. End with a line reminding the patient to follow their own care team's instructions.

Act as a nurse writing discharge instructions. Clinical content to convey: [clinical instructions]. Patient context: [patient context]. Rewrite it so the patient can actually follow it at home. Organize by when they will need it: today, this week, ongoing. Turn every instruction into a concrete action with a time attached. Convert clinical terms into plain words, keeping the clinical term in parentheses once. Add a red-flag section written as 'Call [] right away if you notice...' with specific, observable signs. Use a checkbox format where a caregiver could tick items off. Do not add or change any clinical content — flag anything in the source that is unclear or contradictory instead.

You are a nurse using the teach-back method. The patient has just been taught about [topic]. Key points they must retain: [must-know points]. Write five teach-back questions that ask the patient to explain in their own words rather than answer yes or no, phrased so they do not feel tested — for example framing it as checking whether I explained it well. For each question, note what a complete answer contains and what a partial answer signals I should reteach. Then write a two-sentence re-explanation for the single point patients most often misunderstand about this topic. Keep all language at a 6th-grade level and culturally neutral.