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Poor literacy is a problem that interferes with a patient's ability to deal with the health care setting. What can contribute to a patient's literacy problems?
 
  a. The patient is hearing-impaired.
  b. The patient cannot read health content.
  c. The patient's family is not involved.
  d. The patient lives alone.

Question 2

The statement, The patient will be able to self-administer an aerosol nebulizer treatment by the date of discharge, is an example of which step of the nursing process?
 
  a. Implementation
  b. Diagnosis
  c. Evaluation
  d. Planning



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Inability to read health content often means that patients cannot read the information nurses or doctors send home with them about their disease, the medications they are taking, and important things they need to know. Recent research suggests that written information given to most patients should be written at a fifth- to seventh-grade level to make it more likely that they will understand.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The patient-focused care plan should include any medications that will be given on either a short-term or a long-term basis. For example, goals may be written to apply ointments or patches or to show the patient how he can give himself an aerosol nebulizer treatment.





 

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