1. Describe the strategies you have found to be most effective in helping your patients develop their health literacy skills.
2. What strategies do you think nurses should use to promote health literacy in their communities?
3. How can nurses improve health literacy in their patients?
Solution
Strategies I have found to be effective in helping patients develop their health literacy in the outpatient setting are:
Providing a comfortable environment- sitting down on a chair next to them when informed on specialty medication being prescribed and proving time and opportunities for questions.
Providing handouts with pictures and large print with listed side effects and process for obtaining prior authorization for medication and specialty pharmacy contact information………………….. Kindly click the purchase icon to access the full solution for $6 OR WHATSAPP +254712575747