The registered psychiatric nurse promotes optimal health in individuals through health teaching.

Rationale:
Health teaching is an essential part of the psychiatric nurse's role. Every interaction can be utilized as a teaching - learning situation. Formal and informal teaching methods can be used in working with the individuals.

Audit Factors:

1. Identifies the individual's needs for health teaching.
2. Uses appropriate teaching techniques to meet the individual's leaning needs.
3. Seeks assistance when needed, to deal with the individual's learning needs.
4. Provides the individual with opportunities for learning new behaviors.
5. Teaches basic principles of mental and physical health as well as interpersonal and social skills.
6. Records and assesses the individual's attainment of learning objectives.