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A Pilot Study For Enhancing Postpartum Discharge Instructions For Incision Care: Assessment Of Comprehension, Rebekah Jo Mccurdy, Md, Rebecca Lawrence, Bs, Sarah Cohen, Bs, Jason K. Baxter, Md, Mscp

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Literacy and Health Care

• 14.5% of United States is illiterate 1

• Reading level of most medical forms is 10th grade 2

Improving Outcomes with a Visual Aid

• Cesarean Surgical Site Infection (SSI) rate is 5% 3

• A patient with a SSI can be 2 times as expensive 4

• Visual aids improve information recall 8 and confidence in wound care 5

Study Objectives

1. To evaluate the readability of the cesarean wound care discharge instructions relative to the patient population’s reading level

2. To conduct a pilot Randomized Control Trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of …

Examining The Role Of Diagnosis In The Emergency Department Experience, Danielle Kovalsky, Bs, Angela Gerolamo, Phd, Aprn, Bcps, Amanda Doty, Ms, Alexzandra Gentsch, Lsw, Annemarie Jutel, Rn, Bphed (Hons), Phd, Kristin L. Rising, Md, Ms

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Study Objective:

To explore the social, functional, and emotional needs that patients want addressed when seeking a diagnosis at their ED visit.