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littleanan

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The nurse, employed by the hospital to do follow-up care on recently discharged surgical patients, met with the client to make arrangements to visit in the client's home.
 
  Why does the nurse need to visit the patient's home when the assessment could be completed while the patient is still in the hospital?
 
  A. Only when the patient is back home will the patient become aware of assistance needed beyond what the family can provide.
  B. The nurse wanted the client to decide what was needed once the hospital support systems were no longer available.
  C. The nurse wanted to include family and environmental conditions in the assessment.
  D. The patient was not yet well enough to answer all of the nurse's questions.

Question 2

Which source of data will be most helpful to the community/public health nurse?
 
  A. Information from other cooperating health care agencies
  B. Input from other professional health care providers
  C. Observation and interaction with the family members
  D. Review of family members' charts and medical record data
  E. Statistics about the environment and the wider community



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Jbrasil

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C




littleanan

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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