Question

When assessing a patient's health literacy level, the nurse may use which common household item?

1.Ruler

2.Ingredient label

3.Magazine

4.Cookbook

Answer 1

The right answer is option 2. Ingredients label.

Health literacy level of an individual refers to the capacity and capability of an individual to understand health information wisely to make appropriate health-related decisions.

Here by seeing the ingredients label the nurse can assess the health literacy levels. This will provide information about their health literacy level.They will choose the best food based up on the food ingredients label and their nutritional value. The low health literacy level people never depends up on food label.But high health literacy level will choose the food items on the basis of food label and values. Whereas cook book and magazines can not provide information about the food label, their nutritive value etc.