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Elaine Wittenberg¹, Betty Ferrell¹, Elisa Kanter²

¹City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Oncology nurses face challenges assessing and supporting patient health literacy, particularly with non-native English speakers. Improving health literacy support should be a core nursing skill.

Keywords:

health communication health literacy nursing education

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Area of Science:

Nursing
Health Literacy
Patient Communication

Background:

Oncology nurses act as patient advocates and must address diverse health literacy levels.
Limited understanding exists regarding nurses' experiences and comfort with health literacy assessment and support.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore nurse communication strategies in relation to patient health literacy.
To investigate nurses' experiences and comfort levels in assessing and supporting patient health literacy.

Main Methods:

Cross-sectional survey design with 74 oncology nurses.
Assessed communication challenges with low-literacy patients.
Measured frequency of assistance with patient literacy needs, perceived difficulty, and comfort with support.

Main Results:

Most nurses reported communication challenges with English as a second language patients.
Nurses did not consistently identify patient communication behaviors indicative of low health literacy.
Nurses were least comfortable identifying and assessing patient health literacy; experienced nurses reported more difficulty.

Conclusions:

Health literacy assessment and support are critical nursing functions.
There is a need for enhanced training and resources for oncology nurses in health literacy.
Providing health literacy support should be integrated as a core nursing skill.