The nurse completes a home safety assessment for the hospitalized client and gives the information to the home care nurse. Which does the home care nurse implement with the home assessment?
1. Call and remind the client and family about safety.
2. Perform another complete home safety assessment.
3. Ask the client and family to validate the assessment.
4. Validate assessment findings on the next home visit.
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4. The home care nurse reviews the home safety assessment and validates the findings on the next home visit before planning accident prevention and safety interventions to ensure the best interventions for the client and home.
1. Reminding the client and family about safety with a telephone conversation is a reasonable supplemental activity; however, the nurse cannot substitute the call for first-hand observation.
2. Performing another assessment is unnecessary.
3. Asking the client and family to validate the assessment is risky because their per-ception of the home is subjective; the nurse is a much more objective evaluator of home safety risks.
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