The home care nurse has completed an assessment regarding learning needs for a newly admitted client. Data indicate the client does not understand how her wound became infected and how to keep this from occurring again
The objective that best addresses this teaching need is
A) the client will state three signs and symptoms of infection by the end of this session.
B) the client will understand how microbes affect the development of infectious states.
C) the client will know what she should report to the nurse by the end of the teaching interaction.
D) the client will report signs of infection to the doctor.
A
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