Before providing written information or behavioral contracts to a patient, a nurse should ascertain that the patient
a. can read and understand.
b. has resources for change.
c. is ready to make changes.
d. wants to make changes.
A
High numbers of Americans are functionally illiterate, or read at the third or fourth grade level, so the nurse must assess that the patient can read and understand written information before giving the patient printed materials or contracts.
It is important to assess a patient's access to resources for change, but this does not specifically relate to written material.
It is important to assess whether a patient is ready to make changes, but this does not specifically relate to written material.
It is important to assess whether a patient wants to make changes, but this does not specifically relate to written material.
You might also like to view...
Identify the six rights of medication administration
What will be an ideal response?
As a part of the strategic planning process, nursing units have been asked to develop strategies to meet designated objectives
Which statements represent strategies? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. "Decrease the amount of time from client admission to the room to completion of the admission assessment." 2. "Increase client satisfaction survey scores regarding meals." 3. "Decrease the number of medication errors on the unit." 4. "Initiate intravenous therapy within 30 minutes of the order being taken." 5. "Use scanning mechanisms to record the numbers of supplies used."
The nurse notes that a patient has difficulty breathing in the supine position, and the patient admits that he sleeps in a recliner at home. These are cardinal signs of ____________ disease
ANS:
What right does the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990 require institutions to provide written information to patients concerning?
a. Donation of organs b. Accepting or refusing treatment c. Autopsy d. Physician-assisted suicide