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PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS
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Patient Education Corner: Seeking Health Information: What Sources Do Your Patients Use? Orthopaedic Nursing, May/June 2010
Patient Education in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review of Interventions and Outcomes Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, January/March 2008
Readability and Patient Education Materials Used for Low-Income Populations Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice, January/February 2009
Ask an expert: Patient Teaching in Five Easy Steps Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, May/June 2009
The Practice of Patient Education: The Theoretical Perspective Orthopaedic Nursing, January/February 2008
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PATIENT EDUCATION: Mitral valve prolapse Nursing2012, April 2012
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Heart attack Nursing2011, December 2011
Patient Education Series: Deep vein thrombosis Nursing2011, August 2011
PATIENT EDUCATION: Cholesterol levels Nursing2010, August 2010
Patient education series: Anemia Nursing2010, June 2010
Patient education: Taking warfarin safely Nursing2010, April 2010
Patient education: Pacemakers LPN2009, January/February 2009
Patient education: Understanding heart failure Nursing2009, Spring 2009
Guide to care for patients: Warfarin Therapy The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, March 2009
Guide to care for patients: Atherosclerosis The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, February 2009
Women's Health Update: Women's Heart Health News HealthyWomen, February 2009
Heart-to-Heart: High Blood Pressure: Talk about it HealthyWomen, January 2009
Women's Health Tips: High Blood Pressure: Talk about it HealthyWomen, January 2009
Patient education: Stroke LPN2009, May/June 2008
Patient education: Heart failure LPN2009, March/April 2008
Patient education: Heart-healthy living Nursing2008, April 2008
Heart Insight - Healthy Living for Patients, Their Families & Caregivers American Heart Association/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ENDOCRINE Guide to Care for Patients: Diabetes The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, January 2012
Patient education: Diabetes LPN2009, March/April 2009
Fast Facts for Your Health: Diabetes & Your Health HealthyWomen, November 2006 Spanish
Fast Facts for Your Health: Thyroid Disease & Women HealthyWomen, October 2006 Spanish
Women's Health Update: Metabolic Syndrom & Your Health HealthyWomen, October 2006
GASTROINTESTINAL PATIENT EDUCATION: Gallstones Nursing2010, November 2010
Patient Education Series: Colonoscopy Nursing2009, October 2009
INFECTIOUS DISEASES Patient Education Series: West Nile virus Nursing2011, June 2011
Patient Education Series: Viral meningitis in adults Nursing2011, April 2011
Guide to Care for patients: About vaccines The Nurse Practitioner, October 2011
Patient Education: Seasonal influenza (the flu) Nursing2010, September 2010
Guide to Care for patients: Hepatitis C The Nurse Practitioner, July 2010 Patient education: Influenza LPN2009, November/December 2008
Patient education: Influenza A(H1N1) (Swine Flu) NursingCenter H1N1 Special Report
Guide to care for patients: Treating MRSA The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, July 2008
Patient education: MRSA infections Nursing2008, June 2008
Flu-Free and a Mom-to-Be: Poster HealthyWomen, October 2009
Flu-Free and a Mom-to-Be: Tip Card HealthyWomen, October 2009 Spanish
MUSCULOSKELETAL
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Heel pain Nursing2012, July 2012
Patient Education: Osteoporosis Nursing2011, January 2011
Guide to care for patients: Knee injuries The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, July 2009
Guide to care for patients: Osteoporosis The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, June 2009
Guide to care for patients: Low back pain The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, May 2009
NEUROLOGY
Fast Facts for Your Health: Living Well with Epilepsy HealthyWomen, June 2010
Fast Facts for Your Health: Women & Stroke: Knowing Saves Lives HealthyWomen, May 2010
Patient education: Migraine headache Nursing2008, December 2008
Patient education: Using pain relievers safely Nursing2008, August 2008
Patient education: Seizures Nursing2008, May 2008
Fast Facts: Alzheimer's Disease & Your Health HealthyWomen, October 2005
ONCOLOGY
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Nonmelanoma skin cancers Nursing2012, June 2012
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Melanoma Nursing2011, May 2011
Patient education: Melanoma LPN2009, July/August 2008
Women's Health Update: Breast Cancer Today HealthyWomen, April 2008
Fast Facts for Your Health: Lung Cancer: What You Need to Know HealthyWomen, May 2006
OTHER
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Corneal abrasion Nursing2013, February 2013
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Exercise to improve your health Nursing2012, November 2012
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Nosebleeds Nursing2012, October 2012
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Benign prostatic hyperplasia Nursing2012, May 2012
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Smoking cessation Nursing 2012, February 2012
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Communicating with your healthcare provider Nursing 2012, March 2012
Guide to Care for Patients: Excessive Sleepiness The Nurse Practitioner, May 2011
Patient Education Series: Pool safety Nursing2010, July 2010
Patient Education: Piercing: Does health education make a difference? The Nurse Practitioner, June 2010
Patient Education Series: Photosensitivity Nursing2009, September 2009
Patient education series: PET scans Nursing2009, August 2009
PATIENT EDUCATION: Advance directives LPN2009, July/August 2009
Guide to care for patients: Smoking Cessation The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, November 2008
Patient education: Head lice Nursing2009, May 2009
Patient education: Poison ivy Nursing2008, July 2008
Five Steps to Safer Healthcare-Patient Fact Sheet Plastic Surgical Nursing, October/December 2008
Patient education: Ten Tips for Patients Plastic Surgical Nursing, January/March 2008
Guide to care for patients: Female sexual dysfunction The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, January 2009 top
PEDIATRICS
Nursing2011, October 2011
Guide to Care for patients: About vaccines The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, October 2010
Family teaching toolbox: Down Syndrome Advances in Neonatal Care, February 2009
Patient education: Treating cough in children Nursing2009, February 2009
PULMONARY
Patient Education Series: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Nursing2011, September 2011
Patient Education Series: Chest tubes Nursing2011, July 2011
PATIENT EDUCATION: Pneumonia Nursing2010, October 2010
Patient education: Sleep apnea Nursing2009, June 2009
Patient education: Chronic bronchitis and emphysema Nursing2009, April 2009
Patient education: How to manage your asthma Nursing2009, January 2009
RENAL
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES: Kidney stones Nursing2012, December 2012
Patient education: Kidney transplant Nursing2009, March 2009
Patient education: Kidney dialysis Nursing2008, September 2008
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Guide to Care for Patients: Vaginitis The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, January 2011
Fast Facts for Your Health: Painful Sex: What You Need to Know HealthyWomen, July 2010
Women's Health Updates: Hormone Therapy Options: Bioidentical Hormones HealthyWomen, May 2009
Guide to care for patients: Female sexual dysfunction The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, January 2009
Your Guide to Breast Health HealthyWomen, October 2008
Oral Contraceptives: Everything You Always Wanted to Know...but Didn't Know to Ask HealthyWomen, September 2008
Women's Health Update: No More Periods? Managing Your Menstrual Cycle Today HealthyWomen, September 2008
Your Menstrual Cycle: How it Works, How to Manage it HealthyWomen, September 2008
Breast Cancer Fact Sheet HealthyWomen, April 2008
Breast Self-Exam Shower Card HealthyWomen, April 2008
Mammogram Facts and Guidelines HealthyWomen, April 2008
Pregnancy Planner HealthyWomen, 2008
Fast Facts for Your Health: Understanding Vulvodynia HealthyWomen, October 2007
Your Guide To Cervical Health HealthyWomen, April 2007
Fast Facts for Your Health: HIV and AIDS in Women HealthyWomen, September 2006 Spanish
Fast Facts for Your Health: Heavy Menstrual Bleeding HealthyWomen, February 2006 Spanish
Fast Facts for Your Health: Pelvic Adhesions HealthyWomen, April 2007
Fast Facts for Your Health: Severe Menstrual Pain HealthyWomen, February 2006 Spanish
Fast Facts for Your Health: Uterine Fibroids HealthyWomen, February 2006 Spanish
Women's Health Update: Premature and Surgical Menopause HealthyWomen, February 2006
Women's Health Updates: Excessive Menstrual Bleeding HealthyWomen, November 2005