Which nursing action is most appropriate for assessing a patient's learning needs?
a. Assess the patient's total health care needs.
b. Assess the patient's health literacy.
c. Assess all sources of patient data.
d. Assess the goals of patient care.
ANS: B
Because health literacy influences how you deliver teaching strategies, it is critical for you to assess a patient's health literacy before providing instruction. The nursing process requires assessment of all sources of data to determine a patient's total health care needs. Evaluation of the teaching process involves determining outcomes of the teaching/learning process and the achievement of learning objectives, not patient care. Assessing the goal of meeting patient care is the evaluation component of the nursing process.
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