The home health nurse is developing a plan of care for a patient who will be managing his chronic pain at home. Using the nursing process, which concepts should the nurse focus the patient teaching on?
A) Self-care and safety
B) Autonomy and need
C) Health promotion and exercise
D) Dependence and health
Ans: A
Feedback: The patient will be at home monitoring his own pain management, administering his own medication, and monitoring and reporting side effects. This requires the ability to perform self-care activities in a safe manner. Option B is incorrect; creating autonomy is important, but need is a poorly defined concept. Option C is a good answer; health promotion is an important global concept for maintaining health, and exercise is an appropriate activity; however, self-care and safety are the priorities. Option D is incorrect; dependence is not a concept used to develop a nursing plan of care, and health is too broad of a concept to use as a basis for a nursing plan of care.
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