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How Nurses Can Influence Health Equity

Diversity Nursing

Healthcare encompasses a person's access and quality of medical care, including access to primary care services, health insurance coverage, and understanding of health literacy. As a Nurse, providing culturally competent Nursing care can break down communication barriers and improve the health outcomes of our patients.

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A staff nurse’s AI wish list

American Nurse

Using current technology, perhaps the patient’s name band could get an upgrade, turning it into a wearable fitness bracelet that can track the number of steps the patient has taken ( 7,000 steps a day reduces mortality from cardiovascular diseases) and upload the information into the electronic health record.

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The Six Domains of Health Care Quality — New Considerations

Relias

It also suggested care coordination and health systems infrastructure capabilities as new domains. One such report updated the original six domains by recategorizing equity as a “crosscutting dimension” that affects all domains, along with value.

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Oncology Nursing – a day in the life of supporting patients

The Nurse Break

Patients on oral targeted therapies and hormone therapies may experience tiredness, hot flushes, mood changes, weight gain, skin rashes, and muscle and joint aches. It is important for nurses to understand the mechanism of action of each drug to provide accurate advice when patients experience side effects.

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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.