Practice Question
LA nurse is educating a client with newly diagnosed diabetes about insulin administration. The client appears confused and asks for clarification multiple times. What is the best action for the nurse to enhance this client's health literacy?
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Correct Answer:
Discuss the Instructions verbally and demonstrate Insulin administration step-by-step.
Rationale:
💎 This option uses multiple teaching modalities—verbal explanation plus hands-on demonstration, which is ideal when a client appears confused.
💎 Demonstrating insulin preparation and injection step-by-step helps the client see each part of the process, making it easier to understand and remember.
💎 This approach supports health literacy by breaking complex tasks into simple, clear actions, and allows the nurse to check understanding through return demonstration.
💎 It also respects different learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) and creates opportunities for questions in real time.
💎 Therefore, this is the best action to enhance the client’s understanding and safe self-management of insulin therapy.
Encourage the client to read the medication pamphlet on their own.
💎 Simply giving a client a pamphlet and asking them to read it alone is not effective when they are already showing confusion and asking for clarification multiple times.
💎 Health literacy is not just about having written material; it is about making sure the information is understood, usable, and actionable.
💎 A confused client may feel overwhelmed, misinterpret instructions, or miss key steps if left to read without guidance.
💎 Nurses should supplement written materials with clear, interactive teaching and demonstration, not rely on reading alone.
💎 Thus, this option does not adequately address the client’s current confusion.
Provide written instructions with complex medical terminologies.
💎 Using complex medical terminology can actually worsen health literacy, especially for clients who are already having difficulty understanding.
💎 Health teaching should use simple, plain language and avoid jargon like “subcutaneous administration” without explanation.
💎 Overly technical language can make the client feel intimidated, embarrassed, or afraid to ask more questions.
💎 This increases the risk of insulin administration errors, such as incorrect dosing or wrong injection technique.
💎 Therefore, this option reduces clarity instead of enhancing it.
Ask the client to consult their family members for additional support.
💎 While family support can be helpful, delegating the teaching to family does not solve the client’s current lack of understanding.
💎 The nurse has a responsibility to ensure the client themselves understands how to safely administer insulin.
💎 Relying on family may lead to miscommunication, especially if the family also does not fully understand the instructions.
💎 Family can be included later as support, but they should not replace nurse-led, clear, step-by-step teaching.
💎 Thus, this is not the best immediate action to enhance the client’s health literacy.
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- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN Nursing Informatics📡
- Answer Choices: 4