Quiz ni joy

How does functional illiteracy best defined?

• Difficulty reading and comprehending materials written at the fifth to eight grade level

• Lack of fundamental reading, writing, and comprehension skills needed to operate effectively in society

• Difficulty reading or writing below the fifth grade level

• Inability to speak and write with fluency, clarity and correct grammar

Illiteracy is generally interpreted as having reading skills at or below which grade level?

• Fourth

• Fifth

• Seventh

• Eighth

Which is a false assumption about individuals who are illiterate or low literate?

• Many have been found to have a normal or above normal IQ-

• They come from very diverse backgrounds.

• They react to complex learning situations by withdrawal or avoidance.

• Many have reading abilities that correlate with the number of years of schooling completed.

Which statement about literacy in the adult population is accurate?

• Adult illiteracy is on the rise despite public and private efforts to address the issue.

• Literacy levels are an issue in teaching healthcare practices to patients as well as to nursing staff populations.

• The initiation of appropriate interventions for patients with low literacy skills has become a subject of considerable concern by healthcare providers.

• Government initiatives in the last two decades have raised media attention about the literacy issue.

A 75-year-old woman has been hospitalized for five days for treatment of ovarian cancer. She has been a homemaker all of her adult life, raising four children and helping to care for 12 grandchildren. She has lived alone since her husband died two years ago. The primary nurse is preparing discharge instructions for the client on self-care activities at home. The client tells the nurse that she completed high school but did not have the time nor interest to pursue any additional formal education. Which is the best approach for the nurse when educating this client?

• Provide her with printed instructional materials commonly used on the unit for patient education.

• Look for clues that she may be low literate and will have trouble using the typical printed education materials available to help her learn.

• Assume that her readability skills are minimal and that the nurse will have to rely on instructional tools other than written materials for teaching.

• Test her comprehension level by asking her to recall an example of health instruction she received on the day of admission.

According to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Title V, health literacy is the degree to which an individual has the capacity to: read patient

• read patient education materials or make an appointment.

• obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate ealth decisions.

• demonstrate strong reading and writing skills.

• understand health decisions made by healthcare providers.

7. How does comprehension best defined?

• The ease with which written or printed information can be read

• The degree to which individuals understand what they have read

• The ability to read numbers and accurately pronounce printed words

• The ability to accurately interpret the spoken word and oral instruction

8. Which is not a factor that correlates significantly with levels of illiteracy and low literacy in the U.S. population?

• A rise in the number of illegal immigrants

• An increase in the number of older adults over 65 years of age

• Advances in technology and the complexity of information-

• The growing number of students in public schools

9. The nurse should assess a client's:

• e-health literacy.

• health literacy.

• comprehension of printed materials only.

• Both A and B, above

1. A measurement tool that measures the materials written between the fifth grade and college level

• Flesch-Kincaid Scale

• REALM

• TOFHLA

• Fry Readability Graph