Number 3: September 2009

Overview and Summary

• Overview and Summary: Promoting Health Literacy: Strategies for Healthcare Providers
  Ruth Ludwick, PhD, RN, C (September 30, 2009)

Articles

• Health Literacy: Challenges and Strategies
  Nichole Egbert, PhD; Kevin M. Nanna, MSN, RN, BC-NE (September 30, 2009)
• Assessing and Addressing Health Literacy
  Sandy Cornett, PhD, RN (September 30, 2009)
• Enhancing Written Communications to Address Health Literacy
  Gloria Mayer, EdD, RN, FAAN; Michael Villaire, MSLM (September 30, 2009)
• Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Barriers to Health Literacy
  Kate Singleton, MSW; Elizabeth M. S. Krause, AB, SM (September 30, 2009)
• More than Words: Promoting Health Literacy in Older Adults
  Carolyn I. Speros, DNSc, APRN, ANP/FNP-BC (September 30, 2009)
• Promoting Health Literacy Through Storytelling
  Vivian Day, BSHCA, MHA, RN (September 30, 2009)

Articles on Previously Published Topics

• Medical Tourism: A New Role for Nursing?
  Merav Ben Natan, RN, BA, MA, PhD; Ellen Ben-Sefer, RN, BS, MN, PhD; Malka Ehrenfeld, RN, PhD (July 22, 2009)
• Behavioral Determinants of Health Aging Revisited: An Update on the Good News for the Baby Boomer Generation
  Edward S. Potkanowicz, PhD, ACSM HFS; Paula Hartman-Stein, PhD; Jeanette S. Biermann, PhD, MBA, MA (July 22, 2009)

Columns

• Ethics: The Value of Nursing Ethics. What about Nurse Jackie?
  Jeanne Merkle Sorrell, PhD, RN, FAAN (July 22, 2009)
• Legislative: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: What’s in it for Nursing?
  Charles Alexandre, RN, MS; Greer Glazer, RN, CNP, PhD, FAAN (June 22, 2009)
• Informatics: Electronic Records and Organizational Culture
  Linda Thede, PhD, RN-BC (June 15, 2009)