A nurse is caring for a client with terminal cancer at the client's home. Why should the nurse put greater emphasis on teaching with the family members taking care of the client?
A) Family members may have to manage the patient care controlled analgesia pump to manage the client's pain.
B) Family members are expected to provide primary healthcare.
C) Family members are required to understand the advanced technical levels of care.
D) Hospital stays may need to be decreased.
A
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When a client is being treated at home, it is important for the nurse to teach the client's family members how to operate sophisticated equipment, such as a patient- controlled analgesia pump. The nurse or healthcare individual provides primary health care to the clients and not the family members. The nurse working in healthcare needs to understand the advanced levels of care. It is not the responsibility of the family members to understand higher levels of skills. To reduce the expenses incurred on the client's treatment, hospital stays may be need to be decreased.
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