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How Nurses Can Influence Health Equity

Diversity Nursing

For example, some people may live in rural areas where they cannot easily access routine health exams. Others may need help understanding health recommendations due to language barriers. Whatever the disadvantage, health disparities can lead to poor health outcomes that negatively contribute to health equity.

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The Six Domains of Health Care Quality — New Considerations

Relias

Wellness, equity, and health are interrelated, as are personal health and public health. Providers and clinicians should emphasize health care as a service to create positive health outcomes for more people. 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. Registered nurses’ patient education in everyday primary care practice. Understanding health literacy.