A nurse is assessing the community living skills of a 28-year-old patient. The nurse ascertains that the patient has poor personal hygiene and has never assumed responsibility or management of any aspect of self-care
Based on the data, the nurse makes the assessment that the patient: a. has low readiness for function in the community.
b. will be too much of a burden to live in a foster setting.
c. is too psychotic to be considered for community placement.
d. requires stabilization to profit from psychiatric rehabilitation.
A
The only conclusion that can be drawn based on the assessment data is that the patient currently has low readiness to function in the community.
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