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Health Literacy Tips: Speak Plainly, Teach Often

Nurse.com

The patient’s condition, treatment plan, prognosis, discharge instructions, lab reports, and more are a lot to digest. Health literacy is key to helping everyone understand what is happening and make informed, shared decisions about health care. America’s health literacy challenge. Shalla Newton, RN.

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The Power of Words

Penn Nursing

Around the country, Penn Nursing alumni are using multilingualism to improve patient outcomes in hospitals, doctor’s offices, and community health settings. They reduce longer lengths of stay and readmissions and increase patient satisfaction. We live in a multilingual world. She also minored in ASL/Deaf Studies.