The case manager for a group of patients with COPD is providing health education. What is most important for the nurse to assess when providing instructions on self-management to these patients?
A) Knowledge of alternative treatment modalities
B) Family awareness of functional ability and activities of daily living (ADLs)
C) Knowledge of the pathophysiology of the disease process
D) Knowledge about self-care and their therapeutic regimen
Ans: D
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When providing instructions about self-management, it is important for the nurse to assess the knowledge of patients and family members about self-care and the therapeutic regimen. This supersedes knowledge of alternative treatments or the pathophysiology of the disease, neither of which is absolutely necessary for patients to know. The patient's own knowledge is more important than that of the family.
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