Which patient behavior would the nurse assess as possible indication that the patient will have health information literacy deficiency?
A) The patient asks questions that are not pertinent to the information provided.
B) A patient reports that she took many herbal medications before emigrating from Viet Nam.
C) The patient fiddles with his hearing aid during instruction.
D) The nurse finds the medication information sheets she gave the patient tucked into a novel as a bookmark.
E) The patient's wife cannot visit in the evenings because of her work schedule.

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Rationale 1: Patients who ask questions that do not pertain to the education being provided may not understand the information.
Rationale 2: Persons who learned English as a second language are at high risk for health information illiteracy.
Rationale 3: Inability to hear well, which might be evidenced by "fiddling" with a hearing aid, can seriously affect ability to comprehend health care information.
Rationale 4: The fact that the patient is using the information sheets as a bookmark does not mean they were not read. Ability to read and comprehend a novel would likely indicate ability to understand health information that is presented on an appropriate level.
Rationale 5: The wife's work schedule would have little to do with the patient's health literacy.

Which Patient Behavior Would the Nurse Assess as Possible Indication