A client has terminal cancer and the primary care provider has ordered a diagnostic imaging test. The client tells the nurse that he does not want the test performed so the nurse agrees to dialogue with the primary care provider on the client's behalf
The nurse's actions are what type of intervention?
A) Surveillance
B) Supportive
C) Coordinating
D) Technical
Ans: C
Feedback:
Coordination involves acting as a client advocate, making referrals for follow-up care, collaborating with other health care team members, and ensuring that the client's schedule is therapeutic. This is not a surveillance or technical type of intervention. The nurse is being supportive of the client, but advocacy is more closely associated with coordinating types of interventions.
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