Erin Bryant, Kathy L Rush, Manuela Reekie, Judy Boychuk Duchscher, Sheila Epp
The transition experiences of new nurse graduates participating in an emergency department pathway from undergraduate to 3 months post-pathway: An interpretive description study
Nurse education today
background paucity literature regarding health literacy pediatric oncology sought understand relationship health literacy comprehension key new diagnosis education concepts parents children newly diagnosed cancer methods using data study evaluating structured new diagnosis discharge teaching intervention performed secondary analysis understand relationship parental health literacy brief health literacy screener bhls comprehension six key concepts childs diagnosis primary oncologist treatment plan seeking emergent care fever definition redosing medication also evaluated association parents selfreported sociodemographic characteristics preferred learning style oneitem ordinal assessment health literacy tested relationships using fishers exact tests independent samples ttests pearson correlations results fifty parents participated age 354 82 years sd 86 female 60 nonhispanic white 24 high school education nine parents 18 scored bhls low literacy range 80 correctly responded six items key concepts questionnaire 100 comprehension health literacy significantly related 100 comprehension individual key concept responses exception childs treatment plan correct responses 556 low vs 100 adequate literacy groups p 001 parental sociodemographic characteristics preferred learning styles significantly related health literacy discussiondespite variability health literacy levels 80 parents comprehended key concepts suggesting intervention effective parents regardless health literacy level