A home health nurse prepares to teach a Latino patient who neither speaks nor reads English how to measure and administer insulin. Which teaching tool should be the most helpful?
a. Booklet from the American Diabetes As-sociation explaining the effects of too much or too little insulin
b. Nutrition pamphlet explanation discussing amounts of each food group needed each day
c. Alarm clock, magazine pictures showing sunrise and sunset, several clean insulin syringes, and insulin bottles filled with colored water
d. Large sheet explaining the need for wash-ing hands, times, amounts of insulin to inject, and the nurse's home phone number
C
If the patient has been assessed as not being able to process written or spoken English, providing literature is futile. A nutrition pamphlet has nothing to do with injecting insulin. Pictures and a clock are universal symbols that are readily understood. Return demonstrations with the actual syringe are good learning exercises.
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