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Carolyn Crane Cutilli

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Developing continuing education for contact hour approval through NAON.

Developing quality continuing nursing education for contact-hour approval requires a basic understanding of the continuing nursing education (CNE) system and the application process through the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON). The Approver Unit of NAON helps CNE providers (i.e., members, chapters, and corporate members) develop education activities and obtain contact hour approval. This article contains the latest information on CNE terminology and the application process for contact hour approval through NAON.

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Do your patients understand? Determining your patients' health literacy skills.

Despite teaching endeavors, nurses are constantly faced with patients who do not understand how to manage their healthcare. This problem has come to the forefront of healthcare issues. As a society, there is concern that despite medical advances, progress with healthcare may be in jeopardy because the skills needed by patients to manage their care are insufficient. This issue is affected by many factors. One of the most prominent factors is the lack of patient health literacy skill assessment. One of the first and most basic parts of the nursing process is to assess the patient. To teach patients, we must identify their learning needs, but the assessment cannot stop there. Nurses need to know patients' health literacy skills so that they can teach them in the best manner possible. This article provides specific information on health literacy assessment tools and the skills needed by nurses to use these tools. Each nurse must decide what tools will work for his or her patients, so that in the end, each patient will understand how to manage his or her healthcare.

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Do your patients understand? Providing culturally congruent patient education.

Providing culturally congruent patient and family education is crucial for the current U.S. society. The advances in medicine and changes in the U.S. healthcare system require that patients take a more active role in their healthcare. To assist patients in assuming this role, nurses must be prepared to teach all members of the multicultural U.S. society. This article will provide information on transcultural nursing models, approaches to assessing a patient's culture, and strategies for working in cross-cultural situations.

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Patient Education Corner. Accessing and evaluating the Internet for patient and family education.

In the last decade, the Internet has become a vast resource for healthcare information. Multiple Web sites, produced by the federal government, healthcare institutions, and individual healthcare providers, give Americans a wealth of useful information sources. Nurses recognize that more Americans than ever before are using the Internet and that nurses are in an excellent position to help patients learn how to search for healthcare topics and evaluate the information found. This article will focus on seeking information, judging the quality of the information, and listing specific Web sites.

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