Which situation constitutes nurse abandonment of a home health care patient?
1. The nurse fails to assess the patient on a daily basis.
2. The nurse fails to file the patient's Medicare claim.
3. The nurse terminates the relationship without affording the patient reasonable notice.
4. The nurse terminates the relationship by mutual accord.
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Rationale: The nurse-patient relationship begins when the nurse accepts responsibility for providing nursing care based upon an oral or written report of the patient's needs. This relationship ends when the nurse transfers that responsibility to another nurse or health care provider and gives that person information necessary to care for the patient. The relationship may also end if the patient is discharged from care. If the nurse terminates this relationship prior to this transfer of responsibility, the nurse has abandoned the patient. While a patient may agree to the end of care, the nurse cannot end the care relationship without prior notice to the patient.
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