Primary nursing is a type of care delivery in which the nurse:
a. cares for a patient 24 hours a day.
b. is responsible for the client's daily care.
c. monitors care from admission to dis-charge.
d. provides total care for the patient.
C
Primary nursing is an approach in which a nurse has responsibility and accountability for conti-nuous guidance through planning, delivering, and monitoring care of specific clients from ad-mission to discharge.
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