The LPN/LVN is a member of the health care team and assists the RN in following a plan of care once the nursing diagnoses are shared with the team. When developing a nursing diagnosis, it can sometimes be difficult to get accurate answers from patients
Which category of patients is most likely to present a problem in this regard?
a.
Patients who are elderly and sick
b.
Patients only in for 24-hour admissions
c.
Parents whose children are patients
d.
Bilingual parents whose children are patients
ANS: A
Getting accurate answers to questions may be harder with children, elderly patients, or people whose language or culture is different from yours.
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