The nurse has several educational pamphlets for the patient about medications the patient is receiving. Prior to giving the patient these pamphlets, what is a primary assessment for the nurse?
1. Assess the patient's readiness to learn new information.
2. Assess the patient's religious attitudes toward medicine.
3. Assess the patient's reading level.
4. Assess the patient's cultural bias toward taking medicine.
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Rationale 1: Assessing the patient's readiness to learn is important but not the primary assessment.
Rationale 2: Educational pamphlets are ineffective if the reading level is above what the patient can understand. Assessing the patient's religious attitudes is important but not the primary assessment.
Rationale 3: Educational pamphlets are ineffective if the reading level is above what the patient can understand.
Rationale 4: Assessing the patient's cultural bias is important but not the primary assessment.
Global Rationale: Educational pamphlets are ineffective if the reading level is above what the patient can understand. Assessing the patient's readiness to learn, cultural bias, and religious attitudes are important but not as important as the patient's reading level.
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