Assignment: Informed Consent Paper
Impact of Health Literacy
After watching the youtube video "Health literacy and patient safety: Help patients understand", discuss the following:
Patients in the video describe hiding their lack of health literacy from their providers due to shame. Describe a way that you can develop a "shame-free" attitude in your practice when teaching patients?
1. What is informed consent? Are the consents that patients sign at a 5th grade reading level? Do patients truly understand the risks benefits?
2. Do you consider health literacy when providing discharge instructions? Explain how the materials used for discharge teaching might be improved upon?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.