Which older adult client has the greatest risk for readmission into the acute care health system and so is the focus of extensive nursing follow-up post discharge?
a. The African-American diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
b. The client recovering from an exacerbation of congestive heart failure
c. The cognitively impaired individual with a poorly healing leg wound
d. The depressed individual with exercise-induced asthma
ANS: B
Heart failure is the most frequent reason for re-hospitalization and patients with heart failure experience a 27% rate of readmission within 30 days of a hospital discharge. While the remaining individuals all have risk factors for frequent re-admission, none are as likely to need hospitalization as the cardiac client.
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