Author Question: What is the difference in how a nurse addresses the problem of health literacy in the community as ... (Read 66 times)

rlane42 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

What is the difference in how a nurse addresses the problem of health literacy in the community as compared with acute care?

1. In the community, health literacy is viewed in the same way as in acute care.
2. In the community, the nurse must consider individual needs and group needs.
3. In the community, nurses have less involvement in health literacy as social workers focus on this problem.
4. Health literacy is best viewed from an individual patient's needs to effectively resolve health literacy problems.

Question 2

The risk manager is providing education on identifying sentinel events for the nursing staff. Which scenarios would be good examples for the risk manager to use? Select all that apply.

1. A patient is received dead on arrival from an automobile accident.
2. An inpatient attempts to jump from the hospital's rooftop garden.
3. A patient dies after being assigned a do not resuscitate (DNR) status.
4. A woman suffers cardiac arrest during the delivery of a viable infant.
5. A patient who suffered head trauma was admitted to the regular medical unit and dies.

TINA · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

2
Explanation: 1. Basic health literacy principles are the same but the assessment, specific problems, and strategies would be different and have a long-term impact.
2. The community is made up of individuals and groups and both need to be considered.
3. All of the healthcare team need to be involved in meeting community needs.
4. The individual is important and must be considered in the community but so much group or population focused needs.

Answer to Question 2

2, 4, 5
Explanation: 1. The arrival of a patient DOA is not a sentinel event.
2. Suicide attempts are classified as sentinel events.
3. This patient was assigned a DNR status, so the patient's death is not a sentinel event.
4. Cardiac arrest in labor and delivery is a sentinel event.
5. This patient was not referred to specialist care and then died. This is a sentinel event.