Aurelia Macabasco?O’Connell|Eileen Fry-Bowers
Knowledge and Perceptions of Health Literacy Among Nursing Professionals
University of California, Los Angeles
low health literacy affects nearly half us population health care professionals may recognize low health literacy patients understand impact health outcomes purpose pilot study describe nurses knowledge perceptions low health literacy patients practice health system crosssectional descriptive study used webbased survey assess knowledge perceptions health literacy among nursing professionals registered nurses licensed state california randomly selected invited participate study data analysis included descriptive statistics describe nursing professionals general knowledge perceptions qualitative textual analysis done participant responses survey question asks participants define health literacy using words results study revealed nursing professionals knowledge health literacy understanding role health literacy plays patient health outcomes limited health literacy also reported low priority among providers organizations nursing plays important role direct patient care delivery health services educating nurses health literacy improving patient communication understanding improve health outcomes