A nurse provides care on an orthopedic reconstruction unit and is admitting two new patients, both status post knee replacement. What would be the best explanation why their care plans may be different from each other?
A) Patients may have different insurers, or one may qualify for Medicare.
B) Individual patients are seen as unique and dynamic, with individual needs.
C) Nursing care may be coordinated by members of two different health disciplines.
D) Patients are viewed as dissimilar according to their attitude toward surgery.
Ans: B
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Regardless of the setting, each patient situation is viewed as unique and dynamic. Differences in insurance coverage and attitude may be relevant, but these should not fundamentally explain the differences in their nursing care. Nursing care should be planned by nurses, not by members of other disciplines.
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