Sharing Some Thoughts “It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle Aloha, my friends & colleagues,This message comes to you with wishes for good health and happiness. Research informs us that […]Read more »
Nursing Stories
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Dear Colleagues, Have you ever been to a chicken pox party? I have, but I only went once ! I’m glad you haven’t been to one, though. Not that they weren’t a lot of fun, but we just don’t need […]Read more »
It’s easy to confuse literacy, the ability to understand written language, with health literacy, the ability to understand health information. We think the literate will, of course, be health literate. This is not necessarily the case. My patient, Anna, was an […]Read more »
“When we were growing up, our mom was a force of nature. She was fun, funny, talented, and everyone loved her. Our house was always rocking with us kids, our friends, neighbors, and people from the community. Now she has […]Read more »
In nursing, we use a special language to share information. We talk about familial predisposition and health literacy . Our understanding goes much deeper than it sounds: the alphabet soup of A1C & CKD. It’s easy to equate health literacy, […]Read more »