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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.
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