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This semester the University of California at San Francisco School of Nursing is using Krames On-Demand in the classroom.
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Patients are being urged to assume more responsibility for the state and care of their health. Preventing illness and controlling its effects when it does occur requires optimum patient participation. Over the last few years, hospitals have developed and implemented a number of programs to educate and support patients and their families.
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A program designed to prevent emergency department (ED) visits and readmissions for chronically ill older adults sends nurse case managers from Valley Health in Winchester, VA, into Virginia's northern Shenandoah Valley to assist clients with special health needs.
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Written materials are a key component of the teaching process. They provide a way for patients and family members to take home the information from lessons taught verbally by a clinician.
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To remind clinicians of teaching points to cover on various diagnoses and health care issues, the patient education committee at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, ME, initiated the creation of teaching guidelines.
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People contemplating weight loss surgery at the Scottsdale (AZ) Bariatric Center are asked to attend a forum on a Sunday afternoon with their spouse and any others that make up their support system to learn about the procedure.
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In addition to providing interpreter services for its increasing immigrant population, staff from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle go into the community, helping eligible patients learn to navigate the health care system.
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