When Communicating with Other Professionals, It Is Important for Home

question 10

Multiple Choice

When communicating with other professionals, it is important for home care nurses to:

• A) ask others what they want to know.
• B) share everything known about the family.
• C) restrict communication to clinically relevant information.
• D) recognize that confidentiality is not possible.

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