The rehabilitation team works towards maximizing the patient's independence. As members of the team, what do nurses do?
A) Encourage families to become paraprofessionals in rehabilitation
B) Make the patient the center of the team
C) Recognize the importance of informal caregivers
D) Make patients and families to work together
Ans: C
Feedback: In working toward maximizing independence, nurses affirm the patient as an active participant and recognize the importance of informal caregivers in the rehabilitation process. Option A is incorrect because nurses do not encourage families to become paraprofessionals in rehabilitation; option B is incorrect because the patient is the center of the team, the nurse does not make the patient the center; option D is incorrect because nurses do not make patients and families work together.
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