Medical handouts are given to patients, when they are discharged from the hospital, at the doctor’s office, when a test is scheduled, when a new medication is perscribed, anytime there is a need for teaching. When medical teaching is created and distributed, it is meant to be followed. Is it always followed, is it always understood, is it always read?

Having a nurse write your medical handout cannot gaurantee that it is read, I will give you that. However, as far as understandability and likelihood of being followed, as a freelance nurse health writer, I can help you with that.

The most important thing is being able to speak the audience’s language. Nurses are speaking the patient’s language. As a nurse with many years of experience, I know the patient’s language and I