The nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a patient who has a chronic illness and has a caregiver. What does the nurse understand are the purposes of respite care? (Select all that apply.)
a. Provide the caregiver with a vacation.
b. Allow the caregiver to reduce stress.
c. Evaluate the health of the patient.
d. Allow the caregiver to go shopping.
e. Prevent patient neglect.
ANS: A, B, D, E
All but C either offer the caregiver personal time to be alone and destress or perform activities such as shopping to cope as a caregiver. Caregivers who are too stressed by the caregiver role may become neglectful which can be a form of patient abuse, although they do not intentionally mean to abuse the patient. Rather, they have become overwhelmed with their caregiver role.
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