The home care nurse is seeing a patient for management and evaluation of the patient care plan. Which of the following will the nurse most likely do for this patient?
a. Integrate the care provided to prevent rehospitalization
b. Provide intravenous therapy
c. Assess the home for safety issues
d. Assess the patient's ability to ambulate
A
The primary focus of management and evaluation of a patient care plan is to integrate care provided by a variety of professional and nonprofessional or unskilled caregivers to establish the medical safety of the patient and to prevent exacerbations and rehospitalizations.
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