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.
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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.
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