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- A culture of health relies on everyone's commitment—individuals, families, and organizations—to prioritize health and make informed choices.
- One effective approach to enhance health literacy among staff is to use existing competencies in health professions to guide assessments and actions.
- Nursing leaders must ensure that addressing patient health literacy becomes a core component of every interaction with patients and families, adopting a universal approach to tackle potential health literacy deficits.
Article Abstract
Background: A culture of health requires a commitment from all-individuals, families, communities, organizations, and municipalities-to value health and make decisions reflective of a healthy society. At the individual level, health literacy is a necessary precursor to assist individuals in achieving a higher level of health.
Method: One method for ensuring that staff members are routinely assessing and promoting health literacy is using competencies and practices previously identified for all health professions.
Results: Cross-walking these competencies with the Health Literacy Tapestry model can be extremely helpful in framing assessment, action steps, and outcomes for nurses.
Conclusion: Professional development nurse leaders have the challenge of ensuring that nurses are addressing patient health literacy as a fundamental nursing activity in every nursing-patient-family interaction. Assuming health literacy deficits as a "universal approach" to care is one method of ensuring health literacy needs are routinely addressed by staff. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2018;49(2):73-78.
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