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How Nurses Can Influence Health Equity

Diversity Nursing

Healthcare encompasses a person's access and quality of medical care, including access to primary care services, health insurance coverage, and understanding of health literacy. As a Nurse, providing culturally competent Nursing care can break down communication barriers and improve the health outcomes of our patients.

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The Six Domains of Health Care Quality — New Considerations

Relias

By focusing on the six domains as an operational framework, healthcare organizations would have a higher probability of both reducing errors and improving the overall quality of health care that they provide. It also suggested care coordination and health systems infrastructure capabilities as new domains.

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5 Strategies to Improve Patient Education & Teaching

MAS Medical Staffing

Why Is Patient Education Important? Health literacy can be the defining factor between wellness and relapse that requires admission to a hospital or the exacerbation of a medical condition. To overcome this, you may want to give your patients visual information. Understanding health literacy.

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Oncology Nursing – a day in the life of supporting patients

The Nurse Break

Patients on oral targeted therapies and hormone therapies may experience tiredness, hot flushes, mood changes, weight gain, skin rashes, and muscle and joint aches. It is important for nurses to understand the mechanism of action of each drug to provide accurate advice when patients experience side effects.