Issue I: Winter 2005

• Health Literacy A conversation with Helen Osborne
  There's much more to health literacy than what most people, even health educators, think. Helen Osborne, the founder of Health Literacy Month, sheds some light on this vitally important issue for us… more…
• Your Five Point Plan for More Effective Patient Education by Donna R. Falvo
  When patients don't follow recommendations, you may be frustrated and puzzled, feeling that your most conscientious efforts have failed. The fact is there is something that can be done… more…
• Take Proactive Steps to Keep Funds from being Slashed by the Budget Ax by Kathy Ordelt, RN
  Learn how to hang on to and even increase the money in your patient education budget from someone who can show you the vital steps to success. more…
• Seize Bedside Opportunities to Teach; Education Should be Part of Procedure by Yvonne Brookes, RN
  At Baptist Health Systems, nurses learn to integrate patient education into everything they do. You and your staff can, too. more…
• Online Outside ResourcesMany resources online are free or inexpensive enough for just about any educator's budget.
  In this issue: • a guide to manage multiple medicines • the new NIH website for seniors • a free online literacy curriculum from a leading university • a kit to help patients get more out of their doctor visits • online resources for the Great American Smokeout. more…
• Helping Parents Care for Newborns with “First Days Home” Video An interview with Dee Campbell
  Discover how one educator at a Connecticut hospital has used an educational video “First Days Home” to enhance its' postpartum discharge planning with 2,400 new mothers annually more…
• What's New at Milner-Fenwick
  Learn what's new and exciting at Milner-Fenwick from online video streaming to new videos and PowerPoint presentations. more…