A nurse met with a client before hospital discharge to make arrangements to visit the client at home. Why would the nurse visit the client's home when the assessment could be completed while the client is still in the hospital?
a. The client may not realize all of the assistance that is needed until he or she returns home.
b. The client needed time to consider the community resources that would be used in the future.
c. The nurse wanted to include family and environmental conditions in the assessment.
d. The nurse wanted to ask the client questions in a private setting.
ANS: C
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