A child is being discharged after an extended hospitalization. Prior to discharge from a hospital, home health care nurses should assess which aspect of the home setting?
1. Parents' insurance
2. Parents' income
3. Readiness of the home for the child who is returning home from the hospital
4. Parents' home location
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Rationale 1: The nurse would not assess the parents' insurance. Social workers might assist the parents in this area.
Rationale 2: The nurse would not assess the income of the parents. Social workers might assist in this arena.
Rationale 3: When working with the hospital discharge planner to initiate home health care services, the nurse should assess the home readiness (safe sleeping arrangements, adequate supplies, ability to meet nutritional and fluid needs, telephone access, heat, electricity, refrigeration, lack of communicable disease in the home, and safe access in and out of the home).
Rationale 4: The home location is assessed only insofar as determining whether heat, electricity, water, and the necessary services are available in the location.
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