A Long-Term-Care Facility Is Considering Implementing Total Patient Care

question 22

Multiple Choice

A long-term-care facility is considering implementing total patient care. Prior to implementing this system, what must be available?

• A) Enough RN staff to provide all the care to the residents
• B) A group of licensed assistants who are good at taking direction
• C) A strong nurse manager
• D) RNs willing to assume 24-hour accountability for the care provided to residents

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A phylum of parasitic protists, characterized by a unique structure called an apical complex at one end of the cell, used for entering host cells.

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