Health Literacy-Related Knowledge and Experience among Nurses Practicing in Medical-Surgical Wards

Sadeq Al-Fayyadh; Mohammed Baqer Al-Jubouri; Hayder AL-Hadrawi; Sabah Abdullah Jaafar; Shaymaa Mohammed Hussein

doi:10.14710/nmjn.v12i1.42697

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/nmjn.v12i1.42697

Health Literacy-Related Knowledge and Experience among Nurses Practicing in Medical-Surgical Wards

Sadeq Al-Fayyadh - University of Baghdad, Iraq

*Mohammed Baqer Al-Jubouri

- University of Baghdad, Iraq

Hayder AL-Hadrawi - University of Kufa, Iraq

Sabah Abdullah Jaafar - Al-Muthanna University, Iraq

Shaymaa Mohammed Hussein - Al-Muthanna University, Iraq

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@article{NMJN42697,
    author = {Sadeq Al-Fayyadh and Mohammed Baqer Al-Jubouri and Hayder AL-Hadrawi and Sabah Jaafar and Shaymaa Hussein},
    title = {Health Literacy-Related Knowledge and Experience among Nurses Practicing in Medical-Surgical Wards},
    journal = {Nurse Media Journal of Nursing},
  volume = {12},
    number = {1},
    year = {2022},
    keywords = {Adult nursing; adult patient education; health communication; health literacy assessment; nurse’s knowledge},
    abstract = {  Background:  Medical-surgical nurses are responsible of providing competent care to clients with a wide-array of acute and chronic health problems. This challenging task requires arming nurses with advanced competencies of health literacy to effectively educate their clients. However, evidence about medical-surgical nurse’s health literacy-related knowledge and experience is limited.     Purposes:  This study aimed to determine the level of the health literacy-related knowledge and experience among medical-surgical nurses.   Design:  A descriptive-cross-sectional study was conducted among a total sample of 177 nurses who were practicing in medical-surgical wards in teaching hospitals in Iraq. A convenience sampling method was used to select the participants. Data were collected using the Health Literacy Knowledge and Experiences Survey-2 (HLKES-2). Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used for data analysis.   Results:  The majority of nurses (92.3%) had a low level of knowledge regarding health literacy and more than half of the participants (58.7%) had an acceptable level of experience.  Conclusion:  Nurses’ information about health literacy needs to be updated via continuous education to enhance their knowledge and practice regarding this aspect.},
   issn = {2406-8799},   pages = {24--31}  doi = {10.14710/nmjn.v12i1.42697},
    url = {https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/medianers/article/view/42697}
}

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Background: Medical-surgical nurses are responsible of providing competent care to clients with a wide-array of acute and chronic health problems. This challenging task requires arming nurses with advanced competencies of health literacy to effectively educate their clients. However, evidence about medical-surgical nurse’s health literacy-related knowledge and experience is limited.

Purposes: This study aimed to determine the level of the health literacy-related knowledge and experience among medical-surgical nurses.

Design: A descriptive-cross-sectional study was conducted among a total sample of 177 nurses who were practicing in medical-surgical wards in teaching hospitals in Iraq. A convenience sampling method was used to select the participants. Data were collected using the Health Literacy Knowledge and Experiences Survey-2 (HLKES-2). Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used for data analysis.

Results: The majority of nurses (92.3%) had a low level of knowledge regarding health literacy and more than half of the participants (58.7%) had an acceptable level of experience.

Conclusion: Nurses’ information about health literacy needs to be updated via continuous education to enhance their knowledge and practice regarding this aspect.

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