Hospices provide
A. supportive care to the patient and family.
B. care to patients who are expected to live longer than six months.
C. physical care only.
D. spiritual care only.
Answer: A
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1. Maximize the efficiency of the health care team with each team member learning from the others. 2. Increase the opportunity for interpersonal interaction among the client, family, and team members. 3. Facilitate the case management process by delivering care using a multidisciplinary health care team. 4. Make the best use of the different abilities of mental health team members in order to facilitate client progress.
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What type of research design occurs when the nurse researcher gives the comparison group the experimental intervention at a later point in time?
A) Propensity matching B) Switching replication C) Time series D) Nonequivalent control group pretest–posttest
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