The nurse is assessing a patient and suspects that the patient may have limited health literacy. Which of the following would support this suspicion? Select all that apply
A) Clear description of how to take the medication
B) Difficulty naming the medication
C) Problems filling out forms accurately
D) English as the primary language
E) Inability to explain the purpose of the medication
Ans: B, C, E
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Behaviors indicating limited health literacy include filling out forms incompletely or inaccurately, an inability to name or give the purpose of medications, and an inability to describe how to take the medications. Higher rates of low health literacy are found in individuals with English as a second language.
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