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

question 11

Multiple Choice

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

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

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