A client with recently diagnosed hypertension has been receiving guidance from many different multidisciplinary health care providers. The client asks the nurse why one person doesn't just take care of her. The nurse responds:
1. "Clients have the best outcomes when there is a multidisciplinary approach to care.".
2. "Clients enjoy different providers; it keeps it interesting.".
3. "Clients remember things when they hear it from different sources.".
4. "Clients get a better-rounded education if it doesn't come from the nurse.".
"Clients have the best outcomes when there is a multidisciplinary approach to care.".
Rationale: Clients who receive multidisciplinary care receive instruction from the individuals who specialize in the corresponding topics. Therefore, they receive the best education from the individual experts in that area. A nurse's role is to facilitate each of these encounters, and to provide supplemental information as needed. Although clients may enjoy different providers, that is not the reason for their involvement. Clients may recall information better when they hear it from different sources, and each specialty may also build upon another specialty. However, a client will receive the best information from the specialist in that topic area, not because it doesn't come from the nurse.
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