Nurses now have the option to practice in a variety of settings and one of the fastest growing venues of practice for the nurse in today's health care environment is home health care. What is the main basis for the growth in this health care setting?
A) Chronic nursing shortage
B) Western focus on treatment of disease
C) Nurses' preferences for day shifts instead of evening or night shifts
D) Discharge of patients who are more critically ill
Ans: D
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With shorter hospital stays and increased use of outpatient health care services, more nursing care is provided in the home and community setting. The other answers are incorrect because they are not the basis for the growth in nursing care delivered in the home setting.
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