The nurse clarifies to a new client in a rehabilitation center that "rehabilitation" means that the client will:
1. return to his previous level of functioning.
2. be counseled into a new career.
3. develop better coping skills to accept his disability.
4. attain the greatest degree of independence possible.
4
The rehabilitation process works to promote independence at whatever level the patient is capable of achieving.
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