You are working in a facility that provides hospice care for clients with cancer diagnoses. You recognize that the care provided in this facility is tertiary in nature. You ask the student nurse observing your
care to develop a plan for her clients that would include the tenets of tertiary prevention. The plan would include the following: (select all that apply)
A) Palliative care
B) Pain control
C) Isolation
D) Supportive spiritual development
E) Diminished involvement of significant others
Question 2
Utilizing the tenets of secondary prevention, your committee seeks to establish an HIV/AIDS clinic. You state that it is important for the location of the clinic to be associated with the local hospital.
The committee states that the cost of the clinic associated with the hospital is higher than one that is free standing. You explain the rationale for your suggestion in the following manner
A) Third-party insurance will reimburse the clinic visits only if the clinic is attached to the hospital.
B) The hospital can address programs of care for the clients.
C) The hospital will cover the clients only if the clinic is approved by the hospital governance board.
D) The hospital will have a vested interest in the success of the clinic.
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