What is the rationale for asking questions about the client's level of activities of daily living during a neurologic assessment?
A. It determines whether the client can return to home after recovery from neurolog-ic illness.
B. It helps establish a baseline for later comparison for improving or deteriorating neurologic status.
C. It helps to establish whether the client has dietary or occupational hazards that contribute to neurologic dysfunction
D. It has a direct relationship to inheritable neurologic diseases that have know ge-netic factors
B
Subtle changes in neurologic function may be manifested by changes in ADLs
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