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.
Daily Nurse
MAY 8, 2023
A key element of health promotion is based on creating educational material with a clear understanding. Our Office of Patient/Family Education & Health Literacy, led by a nurse, reached new readability levels from 28% to 92% of documents at or below the 8th-grade level.
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American Nurse
JULY 21, 2023
But, when a patient’s skin breaks, nurses assume the mea culpa and face the cascading challenge of comprehensive skin assessment, documentation, writing an incident report, notifying the provider, changing the dressing, ordering a special bed, etc. Documentation sidekick Paperwork, digital or manual, has been the bane of modern healthcare.
American Nurse
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Clinicians use clinical reminders to help manage preventive care and chronic health conditions; however, the documentation process can prove arduous depending on the type of reminder. When performed correctly, patient education can help improve patient health literacy and save costs for the patient and the health system.
American Nurse
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Many ambulatory clinics serve patients in lower socioeconomic communities who may have limited health literacy. An embedded electronic health record (EHR) tool, such as an ASCVD risk score, creates a visual reminder for providers to assess a patient’s risk level, provide education, and engage them in their care. 2023; 18(10).
Nurse.com
APRIL 4, 2023
Increases in health literacy rates in communities brings awareness to the importance of making health-conscious lifestyle choices. The American Holistic Nurses Association defines nurse coaching as a results-oriented, structured interaction with patients to help them meet their goals.
Relias
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Patient medical records include documentation of patient histories and care. It also suggested care coordination and health systems infrastructure capabilities as new domains. Disadvantages of this type of data can be a lack of clinical details, accuracy, completeness, or timeliness.
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