The Nurse Is Making a Referral for the Client

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nurse is making a referral for the client. What should be the nurse's first consideration for this referral?

• A) Factors that might prevent the client from following through with the referral.
• B) Client's eligibility for the service.
• C) Cost of the referral services.
• D) Acceptability of the referral to the client.

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Definitions:

Simultaneous Processing

The cognitive ability to process several components of information at once, integrating them into a comprehensive understanding.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

The best known of the pervasive developmental disorders. Autistic children exhibit a lack of social responsiveness or extreme autistic aloneness; very limited or unusual communication patterns; unusual patterns of behaviour such as a lack of eye contact; self-stimulation, including rocking, spinning, or flapping; self-injury, including head-banging or hand-biting; an obsessive interest in particular objects; and an obsessive need for sameness. From the Greek autos, “self.”

Leo Kanner

An Austrian-American psychiatrist known for his work in autism research and for first describing autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder.

Childhood Disorder

A wide range of psychological, developmental, and emotional disorders that affect children and adolescents.