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Promoting health literacy

American Nurse

Strategic teaching The Health Care Education Association Patient Education Practice Guidelines for Health Care Professionals includes evidence-based strategies with scripts and examples to support effective communication skills and patient education. A few examples follow: Initial strategies Use plain language (teach simply).

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A Male Nurse’s Insight into Healthcare Misogyny

The Nursing Site

This bias against women in healthcare has been ingrained in medicine since Ancient Greece; medicine has absorbed and enforced socially constructed gender divisions at every stage in its long history” ( Cleghorn , 2021). Policies and practices that promote gender equity can also play a vital role.

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Study Pinpoints Factors Driving COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Women

Minority Nurse

Three Major Drivers of Vaccine Hesitancy The study, which involved interviews with 54 Black women in 2021, revealed three main reasons for vaccine hesitancy: 1. Perceived Coercion in Vaccine Promotion Certain promotional efforts felt disrespectful and manipulative. Lets walk through the findings.

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22 Non-Clinical Occupational Therapy Jobs to Consider

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

We cover the following alternative jobs for occupational therapists: Entrepreneurial Careers Consulting Careers Media Careers Educational Careers Additional resources Entreprenurial Careers The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) promotes the idea of OT entrepreneurship.

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Building Bridges, Not Walls: Promoting Cultural Competence & Humility in Nursing

Minority Nurse

According to the American Academy of Nursing , cultural competence includes integrating knowledge, attitudes, and skills to facilitate intercultural communication and interactions between people from different racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and religious backgrounds. Reading books (e.g., Gradellini, C., Gómez-Cantarino, S., A Scoping Review.

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Understanding the Silent Crisis: Suicide Among Nurses

American Nurse

2021), our country experienced a record high between 2017 and 2018, with 729 nurses in the United States dying by suicide. Promote access to confidential counseling services and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs). Promote research on nurse suicide to better understand its causes and develop effective interventions.

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What is Neurodiversity? Understanding Neurodiversity

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

11 , 12 , 13 The Neurodiversity Movement The neurodiversity movement serves an overarching purpose: to promote the equality of neurological minorities. Typically, those with autism experience differences in thinking, movement, sensory processing, socialization and communication. Caroline Miller, What Is Neurodiversity?