A nurse is aware that clear and accurate communication is necessary whenever clients are transferred or referred. Which of the following situations best demonstrates a referral?
A) A client is moved from a subacute hospital unit to the intensive care unit following a hypertensive crisis.
B) A client is relocated from the orthopedic ward to a rehabilitation ward after recovery from a knee replacement.
C) The nurse arranges for a client with a diabetic foot ulcer to see a podiatrist in community.
D) The nurse gives report to the hospital's radiology department before a client is sent down for an x-ray.
C
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A referral is the process of sending someone to another person or agency for special services, such as podiatry. Inpatient diagnostic testing is not considered to be a transfer or referral, since the client will return to the original unit after the procedure. Movement to another setting in the same agency is transfer.
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