POP HEALTH MIDTERM ASSESSMENT STRUCTURED
QUESTIONS & CORRECT SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Considering health literacy, what intervention will the nurse implement when providing a
patient education on newly prescribed medication? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Asking the patient
to summarize the information that was provided
-A summary by the patient is an excellent way of evaluating their understanding
Which intervention will provide with the best understanding of a family's health risk? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>Conducting a family-focused health literacy assessmen
When considering health literacy associated wit health risk, what is the public health nurse's
primary concern? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Whether the individual or the community chooses to
implement or ignore the need for change
According to the National Asessment of Adult Health Literacy, what percentage of adults in the
U.S have proficient health literacy skills? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>12%
What percentage of the US population does not even have a BASIC level of health literacy? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>14%
What is included in health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-cultural literacy
-reading skills
-scientific literacy
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, What is true of clients with low health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>They are more likely to
be hospitalized
Which population is most likely to experience low health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>Chinese immigrants
-teenage girls who do not graduate from high school
-Adult Spanish-speaking females who are not fluent in English
Question about nurse Molly and what she can do to help asthmatic teenage patient? - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>-she can verbally educate him about differences of each inhaler
-she can verbally check for comprehension of her instructions
-she can give him literature to take home
-she can take some time to explore his literacy skills
What is health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>the degree to which individuals have the
capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to
make appropriate health decisions
-includes cultural, computer, scientific, media, and technological literacy
People with low health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-older adults
-racial and ethnic minorities
-less than high school education
-low income levels
-nonnative speakers of English compromised
health status -adolescents and children
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QUESTIONS & CORRECT SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Considering health literacy, what intervention will the nurse implement when providing a
patient education on newly prescribed medication? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Asking the patient
to summarize the information that was provided
-A summary by the patient is an excellent way of evaluating their understanding
Which intervention will provide with the best understanding of a family's health risk? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>Conducting a family-focused health literacy assessmen
When considering health literacy associated wit health risk, what is the public health nurse's
primary concern? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Whether the individual or the community chooses to
implement or ignore the need for change
According to the National Asessment of Adult Health Literacy, what percentage of adults in the
U.S have proficient health literacy skills? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>12%
What percentage of the US population does not even have a BASIC level of health literacy? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>14%
What is included in health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-cultural literacy
-reading skills
-scientific literacy
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, What is true of clients with low health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>They are more likely to
be hospitalized
Which population is most likely to experience low health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>Chinese immigrants
-teenage girls who do not graduate from high school
-Adult Spanish-speaking females who are not fluent in English
Question about nurse Molly and what she can do to help asthmatic teenage patient? - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>-she can verbally educate him about differences of each inhaler
-she can verbally check for comprehension of her instructions
-she can give him literature to take home
-she can take some time to explore his literacy skills
What is health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>the degree to which individuals have the
capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to
make appropriate health decisions
-includes cultural, computer, scientific, media, and technological literacy
People with low health literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>-older adults
-racial and ethnic minorities
-less than high school education
-low income levels
-nonnative speakers of English compromised
health status -adolescents and children
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