A patient learns that her husband has been laid off and the health benefit is being terminated immediately. Which of the following should the nurse do to help this patient?
1. Contact social services to help with health insurance coverage.
2. Suggest to the health care provider that the patient should be discharged.
3. Find out which treatments can be reduced.
4. Ask the patient if her husband is eligible for unemployment benefits.
Contact social services to help with health insurance coverage.
Rationale: Nurses should assess their patients' health care coverage for potential referrals for financial assistance or counseling; referrals should be made to the hospital's finance department or to social services. The nurse should not suggest to the health care provider that the patient should be discharged, nor should there be a discussion to reduce needed treatments. The nurse should not discuss the husband's unemployment with the patient.
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