What is the most important reason for the nurse to begin a program for activities of daily living (ADL) as soon as the patient is admitted to a rehabilitation facility?
A) The ability to perform ADLs may be the key to dependence.
B) The ability to perform ADLs is essential to living in a group home.
C) The ability to perform ADLs may be the key to reentry into the community.
D) The ability to perform ADLs is necessary to function in an assisted-living situation.
Ans: C
Feedback: An ADL program is started as soon as the rehabilitation process begins because the ability to perform ADLs is frequently the key to independence, return to the home, and reentry into the community. Option A is incorrect because ADLs are frequently the key to independence, not dependence; options B and D are incorrect because they are not the most important reason to begin an ADL program as soon as the patient is admitted to rehabilitation.
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