The home care nurse has been seeing a 50-year-old client postsurgery to care for a wound. Once the wound is healed, the nurse will discharge the client from the home care agency. The nurse knows discharge teaching
A) starts 2 weeks prior to discharge.
B) is based on the recovery process.
C) begins at admission.
D) cannot be anticipated until the wound is healed.
Question 2
The father of a 7-year-old with asthma tells the community nurse that he does not need any teaching on his child's disease because he found all the information he needed on the Internet. The nurse's best response is
A) Ok, since Internet information is credible, we won't need to go over this information.
B) Internet information is never credible, so I will be teaching you what you need to know.
C) Using the Internet for information regarding medical conditions is never advised because information changes too quickly.
D) Seeking out information was a good thing to do. Let's discuss what you found as some Internet sites may not have as credible as others.
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Debridement, or wound cleansing.
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U.S. Life Expectancy by Year of Birth
Position the client