Home health care is becoming one of the largest practice areas for nurses. What has contributed to this change?
A) Chronic nursing shortage
B) Focus on treatment of disease
C) Nurses prefer working during the day instead of evening or night shifts
D) More critically ill patients being discharged to home from the hospital
Ans: D
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