A nurse considers an audience's ability to read, comprehend, and act on medical instructions while preparing health education materials. Which of the following factors is the nurse consider-ing?
a. Health literacy
b. Resilience
c. Social justice
d. Health disparity
ANS: A
A measure of a patient's ability to read, comprehend, and act on medical instructions is health literacy. Resilience has to do with the factors that allow people to resist the effects of vulnerabil-ity. Social justice describes justice with respect to the concepts of egalitarianism and equality. Health disparity refers to the wide variations in health services and health status among certain population groups.
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