Health Literacy and Patient Education
The nurse is caring for a 6-year-old patient in the emergency
department who just had a full leg cast placed for a fracture. As
the nurse is reviewing the discharge instructions with the patient's
mother, she states, "You don't have to go over those - I'll read them
at home." What should the nurse do?
A. Contact the physician immediately.
B. Consider the possibility of health literacy limitations and assess
further.
C. Stop the teaching, because the mother obviously has taken
care of casts before.
D.Explain to the mother that reading the instructions with her is
required.
A 58-year-old male is admitted for a small-bowel obstruction late
Saturday night.The nurse obtains admitting orders, which include
the need to place a nasogastric (NG) tube to low intermittent
suction. During the assessment, the nurse determines that the
patient does not speak English. What should the nurse do before
placing the NG tube?
A. Assess the presence of any family members who may speak
English and the patient's native language.
B. Take two additional staff members into the room when placing
the tube so the patient can be restrained if needed.
C. Request an interpreter by leaving a voicemail on his or her
office extension.
D.Do not place the NG tube because the physician would not want
to frighten the patient.
Which nursing diagnoses are used in developing a patient teaching plan? (select all that apply).
A. Noncompliance
B. Readiness for Enhanced Knowledge
C. Ineffective Coping
D. Health-Seeking Behaviors
E. Anxiety
Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate if a patient expresses an
interest in learning?
A. Readiness for Enhanced Knowledge
B. Knowledge Deficit
C. Information Processing
D. Health-Seeking Behaviors
A 61-year-old male is undergoing an emergency cardiac catheterization when the nurse gives his wife a packet of registration
paperwork and asks her to complete the forms.Which observed
Consider the possibility of health literacy limitations and assess
further.
Assess the presence of any family members who may speak
English and the patient's native language.
Readiness for Enhanced Knowledge and Health-Seeking Behaviors.
A. Readiness for Enhanced Knowledge
actions may indicate a health literacy issue? (select all that apply) B. Asking someone in the waiting area to read the forms to her
A. Putting on glasses before beginning the paperwork.
B. Asking someone in the waiting area to read the forms to her
"because I need to get new glasses-these just don't work"
C.Waiting until her daughter arrives to begin the paperwork so
that her daughter can complete the forms.
D.Setting the clipboard aside and staring tearfully out the window.
E. Returning the forms only partially filled out, with missing or
inaccurate information