In planning for discharge of a client needing follow-up for diabetic education, the nurse should contact a:
1. Long-term care facility.
2. Home health agency.
3. Temporary service agency.
4. Public health department.
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Explanation: 1. With shorter hospital stays, home health agencies are frequently used to provide clients with
intermittent or temporary follow-up care such as diabetic teaching. Long-term care facilities
are used for rehabilitation and care needed for extended periods of time. Temporary service
agencies are used to provide health care agencies with professional and nonprofessional
personnel when they are short staffed. The public health department focus is usually
community health and not individual primary care.
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