While Preparing for the Patient's Discharge,the Nurse Uses a Discharge

question 28

Multiple Choice

While preparing for the patient's discharge,the nurse uses a discharge planning checklist and notes that the patient is concerned about going home because she lives alone.The nurse realizes that successful recovery at home is often based on:

• A) The patient's perception of readiness
• B) Family involvement
• C) The ability to live alone
• D) Allowing the patient to make her own arrangements

Understand the relationship between mental maps and spatial/geographic perception.

Identify the brain regions involved in mental imagery and auditory imagination.

Evaluate the impact of propositional versus dual-coding theories on information representation.

Understand the limitations and methodological concerns in imagery research.

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