Nr509 Week 1 Discussion Social Deter

This study source was downloaded by 100000867488176 from CourseHero.com on 06-28-2023 11:50:37 GMT -05:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/198401804/Week-1-DIscussion-Social-Deter-NR509docx/ Peer and Instructors answers to discussion Kylah,Great insight and discussion. I would like to add another perspective. What about the health literacy of the patient? If the patient does not understand the concept of how they are to take careof themselves or the steps in finding routine medical care, how do we combat that? There are a lot of patients that will come into the Emergency Department because someone told them to come in or they have a little knowledge that they can be treated there. However, when you ask these patients who is their PCP they no clue as to what you are referring to, is there maybe a gap in the understanding of how to again seek that EB care on a routine basis. In addition, when thesepatients do seek care how can we help them to increase their health literacy? Research suggests that as clinicians we should offer teach-back methods to ensure our patients understand how they are to manage their illness at home (Yen & Leasure, 2019). As clinicians wealso need to ask our patients how they learn, what type of educational