Nursing media-educated patients

J Nurses Staff Dev. 2008 May-Jun;24(3):101-4. doi: 10.1097/01.NND.0000300877.18308.61.

Abstract

Nurses will encounter increasingly more media-influenced patients seeking help. In response, they must develop and promote mass media literacy. The author examines the public's dilemma with health information and suggests a way to build consumer literacy skill. Staff development educators will find the article's content useful for designing their own classes.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence
  • Computer Literacy
  • Education, Nursing, Continuing
  • Educational Status
  • Health Behavior
  • Health Services Needs and Demand*
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Journalism, Medical
  • Mass Media / standards
  • Mass Media / statistics & numerical data
  • Newspapers as Topic
  • Nurse's Role*
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Patient Education as Topic / organization & administration*
  • Periodicals as Topic
  • Safety Management
  • Television