During the home care nurse's initial visit to a patient's home, it is important to provide the patient and family with which of the following information?
A) Other available community resources to meet their needs
B) Information on other patients in the area with similar health care needs
C) The nurse's home address and phone number
D) Dates and times of all scheduled home care visits
Ans: A
Feedback: Home care and public health nurses are responsible for providing the patient and family with information about other available community resources to meet their needs. The schedule for all subsequent home care visits cannot be determined at the time of the initial visit. As progress is made and the patient becomes more capable of self-care, the number of visits will decline; if the patient requires greater care, the number of visits will increase. The nurse will provide the time and date of the next visit. The nurse will not provide confidential information on other patients in her care. The nurse should also avoid giving her phone number and address to the patient; the hours that the agency is open and the on-call system for after-hour needs should be discussed.
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