Nursing today uses the term client to describe its customers because nurses view their customers as which of the following?
1. The recipients of care
2. Collaborators in the plan of care
3. Financially responsible for the care delivered
4. The people who make all the decisions
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Rationale 1: The operative concept in the health care field today is collaborative care. The client takes responsible for her own state of health, and participates in the plan of care. The other answer options do not reflect this trend of client collaboration, and do not explain why the term client is used instead of patient.
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