Filling gaps in knowledge: educating nurses to provide appropriate patient materials.
Assessing and addressing health literacy is a key issue in providing quality patient education. Often, nurses do not know how to do this. Continuing nursing education provides a venue for filling this gap in knowledge, contributing to better and safer patient care.
Cannon
Sharon
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing, Odessa, Texas, USA.
Boswell
Carol
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013664:Teaching Materials