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Improving hypertension using virtual modalities

American Nurse

This preventable illness demands innovative strategies to improve health outcomes. When performed correctly, patient education can help improve patient health literacy and save costs for the patient and the health system. BMC Public Health. Health literacy. 2020;20(1):667. Hypertension.

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Almost 1 million Australians are LGBTQIA+ – and for the first time, there’s a new national health plan for them

Nursing Review

per cent) 16- to 24-year-olds, who are also at higher risk of poor mental health outcomes. While LGBTQIA+ people have been included as a priority population in other Australian health strategies , the new action plan is the first focused specifically on them. The new data show 4.5 per cent of Australians are LGBTQIA+.