Diversity Nursing

MAY 23, 2023

Nurses serve as educators, providing patients and their families with the knowledge and skills they need to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. Patient education provides a better understanding of their health conditions, treatment options, and self-care strategies, leading to better health outcomes.

Education

Diversity Nursing

MAY 3, 2023

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.

Health Literacy

Carlow Today & Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Nurses today are taking on the increasingly important responsibility of improving patient engagement and health outcomes through education. Importance of Patient Education The health care industry has become more patient-centric. Health literacy is now a major area of focus within health care.

Education

Minority Nurse

APRIL 14, 2023

When individuals and communities have access to health information, resources, and services that identifies and respects others’ formal and casual languages, religious and cultural behaviors and beliefs, and is provided with easy and convenient access to accurate health resources, the potential for better health outcomes is greatly improved.

Health Literacy

Relias

JANUARY 21, 2022

Some patients may have low levels of health literacy, and others may experience cultural barriers that prevent them from fully participating in their rehabilitation. In fact, research shows that merely recognizing a patient’s autonomy can increase the effectiveness of care and even lead to improved health outcomes.

Promotion

American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

Improve care, promote the profession Nurses play a key role in patient education, medication management, and prevention of negative health outcomes. www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool2b.html Alshehri AA, Jalal Z, Cheema E, Haque MS, Jenkins D, Yahyouche A. American Nurse Journal. 2024; 19(3).

Telemedicine

MAS Medical Staffing

MARCH 21, 2023

Health literacy can be the defining factor between wellness and relapse that requires admission to a hospital or the exacerbation of a medical condition. Understanding health literacy. Low literacy levels among U.S. Use and effectiveness of the teach-back method in patient education and health outcomes.

Education

Relias

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While this ambitious initiative includes four major components, it also presents an opportunity to modernize healthcare training delivery, which has been shown to significantly improve health outcomes. In this article, we’ll make the case for adding a best-in-class healthcare learning management platform as part of this IT overhaul.

Health Literacy

The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 18, 2022

I wanted to go to the places where I can assist to change health outcomes and trajectories. I hinted at it before but the disparity in health is insane up here. Most ailments flow directly from low socio-economic/ low health literacy or poor access to health care.

Health Literacy

American Nurse

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

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.

Health Literacy

Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

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.

Health Literacy

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

MAY 20, 2024

It’s also important to know your audience and speak appropriately according to the person’s age, culture, and level of health literacy. Such psychosocial care has been proven to improve patient health outcomes and quality of life. Aim to always speak with clarity, accuracy, and honesty.

Communication

Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

As climate change increasingly and disproportionately affects people of color, empowering minority nurses through environmental health education is becoming imperative. Through educational initiatives, minority nurses can help counter environmental racism and its associated adverse health outcomes. Though only 16.8%

Education

Every Nurse

MAY 7, 2023

Factors such as language barriers, health literacy, and cultural misunderstandings can all interfere with effective communication and care processes. Cultural competence, therefore, is critical in ensuring the best outcomes for both infants and their families.

Self-Care

Every Nurse

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This limited access to healthcare prevents individuals from receiving timely and appropriate care, leading to poorer health outcomes. Socioeconomic Disparities Socioeconomic disparities significantly contribute to health inequities among underserved populations.

Care coordination

Penn Nursing

APRIL 28, 2025

Miller Celestin is still mapping out the research that he’ll conduct as a fellow with the School’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, but his multicultural, multilingual life is a decided influence. “I According to Feil, there are unique challenges the current health care model poses for Deaf patients.

Communication