American Nurse
AUGUST 1, 2024
Evidence-based patient education guidelines Takeaways Health literacy relates to an individual’s ability to find, understand, and use healthcare information and services. Only one in ten people have proficient health literacy. However, White found that only one in ten people have proficient health literacy.
Nurse.com
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Health literacy is key to helping everyone understand what is happening and make informed, shared decisions about health care. America’s health literacy challenge. And if all of these factors are not considered by nurses and other members of the healthcare team, then health literacy will be inadequate.
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Diversity Nursing
APRIL 6, 2022
According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics , the number of people who work as Registered Nurses, including Correctional Nurses, could rise by 9% from 2020 to 2030. Correctional health care requires a compassion that sees beyond a person's criminal record and can provide quality care in a unique setting.
Carlow Today & Tomorrow
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Health literacy is now a major area of focus within health care. It is part of the Healthy People 2030 initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A goal of the initiative is to improve people’s well-being by eliminating health disparities, achieving health equity and increasing health literacy.
American Nurse
MAY 2, 2024
Due to the increasing number of people diagnosed with diabetes and pre-diabetes, by 2030 cost of care will increase. For example, ElSayed and colleagues recommend considering individual patient health literacy and cultural disease awareness when discussing diabetes technology. Hispanic: 6.1 White non-Hispanic: 5.1
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