A graduate nurse hired to work in a medical unit of a hospital is attending an orientation session. The nurse educator, discussing care maps, asks the graduate nurse whether she understands how a care map is used. Which response indicates understanding?
A. "The care map is developed by a nurse and identifies nursing diagnoses."
B. "The care map is a plan that is used only by the nurse to provide client care."
C. "The care map outlines the day-to-day expected outcomes of care and the outcomes anticipated at discharge."
D. "The care map is a standard plan, rather than an individualized one, that is developed strictly by a nurse and used for a client with a particular diagnosis."
Ans: C. "The care map outlines the day-to-day expected outcomes of care and the outcomes anticipated at discharge."
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