Browsing CHP Research Publications by Subject "Patient Education as Topic/methods"
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Designing written medication instructions: effective ways to help older adults self-medicate
(Slack, 2005-05)One of the goals of Healthy People 2010 is for 95% of patients who are ordered medication to receive written medication instructions. The declining physical condition often associated with advanced age, lower literacy ... -
Literacy for health information of adult patients and caregivers in a rural emergency department
(Churchill Livingstone, 2000-01)The nurse practitioner is responsible for providing the patient and family with understandable written information before discharge from the emergency department (ED) following an acute event. Patients are more likely to ... -
A pubococcygeal exercise program for simple urinary stress incontinence: applicability to the female client with multiple sclerosis
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1988-06)Five women with multiple sclerosis (MS) and simple urinary stress incontinence were informally evaluated and taught a program of pubococcygeal exercises to determine if inadvertent loss of urine during activities which ... -
Randomized trial of geragogy-based medication instruction in the emergency department
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998-07)Medication adherence by older adults who are discharged from the emergency department (ED) is an essential attribute of effective treatment. Researchers have demonstrated that delivery of well-structured instructions ...