You are a nurse working on a hospice team. The team is admitting a patient with a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer. What are the functions of the health care team? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Facilitating the construction of a social support system
B) Continually assessing the occupational environment
C) Developing interventions created to handle the stressors
D) Implementing specified treatment protocols
E) Directing multigenerational task assignments
Ans: A, C, D
Feedback: Ideally, the health care team conducts a careful and comprehensive family assessment, develops interventions tailored to handle the stressors, implements the specified treatment protocols, and facilitates the construction of social support systems. Assessing the occupational environment and directing multigenerational task assignments are not functions of the health care team.
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