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

question 17

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 collect information and make accurate diagnoses rapidly

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