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Often times in every hospital, admitted patients tend to lack insight into their health status and in worst case scenario don’t even know their diagnosis. In developed countries this may not be obtainable or to some extend little though reports documented some health practitioners resigning from their job as a result of hospital’s policy of none disclosure of information to patient especially the psychiatric patients. Here we look at the nurse role in educating patients during admission periods. Admission into the hospital wards may be a patient’s worst experience. Sometimes only the news of admission causes automatic depression hence some health care practitioners feels it’s the best to keep the patient diagnosis away from them. Here in Africa, patients even ask to know about their health status and 95% of them get brushed off without ever getting the answers. One feels the patient’s bill of rights isn’t in play. Though it may be the level of patient’s education or exposure playi...