The rehabilitation nurse stresses that the major focus in a rehabilitation setting is
a. acquisition of services for the newly discharged client.
b. elimination of clinical manifestations.
c. prevention of disease progression.
d. skills' instruction for independence.
D
Rehabilitation nursing is a complex arrangement of services from a multifaceted team to support the client and family in learning to live with chronic disease and disability.
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