Comments on: Health Literacy http://nursinginfluence.com/health-literacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=health-literacy Topics That Influence Nurses & The Influence Nurses Have On The Community Tue, 08 May 2012 06:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: NATALIE PENNELL http://nursinginfluence.com/health-literacy/#comment-41 NATALIE PENNELL Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:13:56 +0000 http://nursinginfluence.com/health-literacy/#comment-41 I think calling patients to follow-up discharge from the hospital is a fantastic idea and can help prevent cases like these from happening... Love your blogs, Amy! They have made me re-evaluate my nursing practice :) I think calling patients to follow-up discharge from the hospital is a fantastic idea and can help prevent cases like these from happening…

Love your blogs, Amy! They have made me re-evaluate my nursing practice :)

]]> By: Candy Cross http://nursinginfluence.com/health-literacy/#comment-25 Candy Cross Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:46:27 +0000 http://nursinginfluence.com/health-literacy/#comment-25 Amy, This is a very sad story and a sad reality that many patients probably do not understand their discharge instructions. Have you looked at some of the discharge med-recs.....I don't understand them????? You should work with your idea. I know it has been suggested in the past and the question has always been, whose going to be the one to call???? You should investigate if other facilities are doing it and if they are how, and bring this to comittee as an idea from the heart, as it definitely is an idea from your heart. I wish I could say that nursing gets easier however, it is a very hard career, physically, emotionally and pychologically. Think of some of the things you have seen and been involved with over the course of your career, many people have no idea what a nurse sees, does, and experiences............. Amy,
This is a very sad story and a sad reality that many patients probably do not understand their discharge instructions. Have you looked at some of the discharge med-recs…..I don’t understand them????? You should work with your idea. I know it has been suggested in the past and the question has always been, whose going to be the one to call???? You should investigate if other facilities are doing it and if they are how, and bring this to comittee as an idea from the heart, as it definitely is an idea from your heart. I wish I could say that nursing gets easier however, it is a very hard career, physically, emotionally and pychologically. Think of some of the things you have seen and been involved with over the course of your career, many people have no idea what a nurse sees, does, and experiences………….

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