Which Assessment Finding Would Most Alert the Nurse That the Patient

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which assessment finding would most alert the nurse that the patient might have low health literacy skills?

• A)The patient reports not completing high school.
• B)The patient is 65 years old.
• C)The patient says,"I stopped taking the last medication because I read on the internet that it could make me have rashes."
• D)The patient says,"I called the doctor's office to reschedule my appointment for later in the morning."

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Definitions:

Prosopagnosia

A neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces.

Sensory Receptors

Specialized cells or structures that respond to external stimuli by generating nerve impulses.

Bottom-up Processing

An information processing approach where perception starts with the stimulus itself, building up to the final conceptual interpretation.

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process that involves interpreting sensory information based on context, expectations, and prior knowledge.