You are the nurse caring for a young mother who has a longstanding diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). She was admitted to your unit with a postpartum infection 3 days ago
You are planning to discharge her home when she has finished 5 days of IV antibiotic therapy. With what information would it be most important for you to provide this patient?
A) A succinct overview of postpartum infections
B) How the response to infection differs in patients with multiple sclerosis
C) The same information you would provide to a patient without a chronic condition
D) Information on effective management of multiple sclerosis in the home setting
Ans: C
Feedback:
In general, patients with disabilities are in need of the same information as other patients. Information on home management of MS has likely been already provided to the patient. The immune response does not greatly differ in this patient.
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