This course has been brought to you by an educational grant from Baylor Health Care System, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas until September 30, 2008.

While participation in this educational activity is free to you, participant lists shall be made available to the sponsor of this module. By proceeding, you are agreeing to allow this organization to receive your demographic or survey information. Nursing Spectrum Continuing Education guarantees that the content of this educational activity is free from bias.

The goal of this program is to provide nurses with information necessary to assess their patients’ reading abilities and devise appropriate written teaching materials. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —

• List two methods for testing a patient ’ s reading level.
• List three methods of assessing the reading level of printed patient teaching material.
• Discuss methods for making printed, patient teaching material more user friendly.