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Promoting health literacy

American Nurse

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. What do you know about caring for someone with this condition?” “How How do you best learn?”

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The Importance of Patient Education

Diversity Nursing

Patient education provides a better understanding of their health conditions, treatment options, and self-care strategies, leading to better health outcomes. Teach Self-Management Skills Self-management skills are taught to patients so they can effectively manage their health conditions.

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Healthy hearts

American Nurse

The Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements affirms that we owe “the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to promote health and safety.” We diligently serve our patients, families, and communities, but too frequently self-care lands far down the list.

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Understanding Nurses Experiencing Moral Injury

Nurse.com

The term describes the challenges of simultaneously knowing what care patients need but being unable to provide it due to constraints beyond a caregiver’s control. Nurses enter the healthcare industry with an internal yearning to care for others. Self-blame. How nurses experience moral injury. Inadequacy. Withdrawal.

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Promoting Patient Engagement in Rehab Therapy: Strategies That Work

Relias

In other words, to promote patient engagement in rehab therapy, you must start with the individual patient’s motivation and work together toward optimal outcomes. Some patients may have low levels of health literacy, and others may experience cultural barriers that prevent them from fully participating in their rehabilitation.

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The human cost of war: A nurse’s reflection on the tragedy of forced migration from the Zaatari Camp

American Nurse

In this post, I reflect on my experience as a nurse caring for Syrian refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. This will facilitate access to necessary care and reduce the burden of time required for refugees to reach these facilities. What happened to the Syrian people?

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Preventing nurse suicide: Nursing school and beyond

American Nurse

Strategies and support to improve mental health outcomes Suicide and mental illness have long been stigmatized, and although public awareness has grown recently, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals hesitate to acknowledge their own mental health struggles or seek help.