Which patient behavior would the nurse assess as possible indication that the patient will have health information literacy deficiency?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
1. The patient asks questions that are not pertinent to the information provided.
2. A patient reports that she took many herbal medications before emigrating from Viet Nam.
3. The patient fiddles with his hearing aid during instruction.
4. The nurse finds the medication information sheets she gave the patient tucked into a novel as a bookmark.
5. The patient's wife cannot visit in the evenings because of her work schedule.
1,2,3
Rationale: Patients who ask questions that do not pertain to the education being provided may not understand the information.
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