After participating in the Pathways to Safer Opioid Use simulation exercise, reflect on the following:

• Have you empowered a patient to believe they could make needed lifestyle modifications irrespective of the barriers that exist in their environment? Please provide examples. If so, you were engaged in health promotion activities as part of your nursing role.

• Were there any strategies you used in this simulation exercise to improve patient health literacy? Are there any that you use that were not mentioned here? In your experience, how effective are these strategies?

• What are some of the biggest challenges you encounter when trying to improve health literacy? What solutions can you offer to manage these challenges?

Solution

I feel Nurse Rhonda did empower her patients to believe they could make the necessary changes to improve their quality of life. Rhonda asked open-ended questions to her patients, made eye contact, and would stop what she was doing to actively listen when they were talking. She picked up on subtle cues from the patient about how they were truly feeling. Then, she would initiate a conversation and inadvertently find out important information. For example, when Rhonda met with Mr. Watkins, …………..

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