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ABSTRACT The treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has advanced greatly since the introduction of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) in the early 1990s. Although the DMTs have exhibited significant efficacy in relapsing-remitting [...]

Abstract: Health literacy links literacy skill level with the ability to understand health information and take control of one's health. People who have multiple sclerosis (MS) are bombarded with information [...]

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess patient literacy and the readability of patient education brochures from the American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Muscular Dystrophy Association. Materials [...]

This article examines the treatment of patients diagnosed with renovascular hypertension. Treatment methods include antihypertensive medications and surgical options like revascularization, angioplasty, or stenting and the nursing staff plays a critical role in patient education, post-operative care, and blood pressure monitoring during recovery.

This article examines the nurse's role in caring for patients with peripheral arterial disease in the lower limbs. Nurses educate patients on noninvasive methods used to manage their condition like smoking cessation, exercise, and meticulous foot care and help develop post-operative care plans for patients requiring surgery.

Discharge instruction should be provided in written form along with oral instruction of patients after elective spinal surgery, as the patients are often sedated or in too much pain to recall the information later. In a study of 15 spinal surgery patients, preoperatively, most expected to receive information from the neurosurgeon, and they anticipated needing information about exercise and physical restrictions. Problems reported after the operation included inconsistent information, confusing terminology, and lack of follow-up. No information barriers were reported by nine of thirteen patients, however., Patients undergoing elective lumbar spinal surgical procedures pose a challenge to nurses who provide discharge instruction, because the decreased length of stay (LOS) severely limits time for comprehensive discharge instruction. The perspectives of 15 adult patients on their perceived self-care information needs and information-seeking behaviors following elective spinal surgical procedures were examined. Content analytic techniques were used to categorize responses. Preoperatively, a majority of the subjects (93.3%) indicated that the neurosurgeon, rather than the nurse, was anticipated to be the sole source of information related to self-care needs. Postdischarge, more than half of the subjects reported that they had difficulty describing the teaching session because they were either too sedated due to the analgesia, or were experiencing extreme pain at the time the discharge instruction was being delivered. Results substantiate the importance of supplementing oral discharge instruction with comprehensive written discharge instruction and of increasing public awareness of the teaching expertise of nurses., Introduction Patients undergoing elective spinal surgery procedures constitute a nursing challenge regarding discharge instruction. Within the last decade, there has been a dramatic decrease in the length of stay (LOS) [...]

St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, MO, implemented an education program for multiple sclerosis patients initiating self-managed interferon beta-1b therapy. The program stressed mastering the skills necessary to self-administer the drug and provided patients with a social support system to lend encouragement. Thirty of 60 patients returned questionnaires evaluating their feelings about the therapy and the effectiveness of the education program. Responses showed the program to be effective and the nurse's role in teaching and support to be critical to the patient's success., Abstract: A teaching program (Betaseron Instruction) for patients beginning interferon beta-1b therapy was developed at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri according to Bandura's theory of self-efficacy. [...]