A Visiting Nurse Is Making an Initial Home Visit for a Patient

question 13

Multiple Choice

A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who has many chronic medical problems.Which type of data base is most appropriate to collect in this setting?

• A) A follow-up data base to evaluate changes at appropriate intervals
• B) An episodic data base because of the continuing, complex medical problems of this patient
• C) A complete health data base because of the nurse's primary responsibility for monitoring the patient's health
• D) An emergency data base because of the need to rapidly collect information and make accurate diagnoses

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