The home care nurse explains to the student nurse the primary reasons for the increase in the provision of home care. Which of the following factors would the nurse cite? Select all that apply
A) Longer hospital stays
B) Discharge of clients with complicated equipment
C) Higher number of hospital admissions
D) Greater autonomy of clients
E) Decreasing aging population
F) Existence of Telehealth
B, D, F
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Fewer people are being admitted to hospitals, and those who are admitted are going home sooner, with more needs for assistance at home. People are discharged from hospitals with drainage tubes, saline locks, IVs with pumps, patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps, catheters, supplementary oxygen, and other complicated equipment. Also, clients may receive assisted living services, which allow them to live independently. This is important because of the increasing aging population. Through Telehealth—nurses and clients can transmit information about procedures (e.g., ECGs, blood pressure readings) by telephone or computer to hospitals or physician offices for interpretation.
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