Nursing media-educated patients.
Nurses will encounter increasingly more media-influenced patients seeking help. In response, they must develop and promote mass media literacy. The author examines the public's dilemma with health information and suggests a way to build consumer literacy skill. Staff development educators will find the article's content useful for designing their own classes.
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Susan
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D003197:Computer Literacy; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004522:Educational Status; D015438:Health Behavior; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D018156:Journalism, Medical; D008402:Mass Media / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D017751:Safety Management; D013690:Television