The home care nurse intermittently visits a 78-year-old female with severe COPD. One disadvantage of having home care as compared to intermittent hospitalization is
A) the intrusion of the nurse's presence in the home.
B) the family being in a familiar environment.
C) clients receive better care in the hospital.
D) there is no disadvantage of receiving home care services.
Question 2
A home care nurse is caring for a 70-year-old male who had a colostomy 3 years ago. The client also has diabetes, which has been poorly controlled since his surgery. The nurse is visiting him to change a dressing on a wound on his leg that has not healed
He complains to the nurse about being bored and lonely. The nurse knows that the client has some unmet psychological needs. These needs revolve around the client's
A) inability to follow the diabetic treatment plan.
B) inability to adequately care for the wound on his leg.
C) adjustment to his illness, the anxiety it produces, and the possible social isolation that may result.
D) feelings about his colostomy and its care.
Cuy being raised at home in the traditional Andean fashion
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