A patient with a neurologic deficit following traumatic brain injury is making very slow progress toward normal. The family expresses distress and worry about financial and other matters to the nurse. What is the nurse's best response?
A) Referral for nursing home placement
B) Questions about insurance status
C) Referral to psychiatry for evaluation
D) Referral to multidisciplinary rehabilitation team
D
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a. psychologic, physical, anthropometric, social, and spiritual dimensions. b. financial, emotional, ethnic, spiritual, and mental dimensions. c. physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions. d. physical, economic, ethnic, emotional, and anthropometric dimensions.
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