If a patient has an order for an interagency transfer where does the nurse explain that the patient will be moved?
a. A double room to a private room
b. One unit of the hospital to another
c. One room of the unit to another
d. One facility to another
ANS: D
The interagency transfer moves a patient from one health care agency to another.
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