The nurse shows an understanding of the factors that have contributed to the redefining of home health care as a primary health service–delivery system when stating:
1. "It's unfortunate that the client can be screened for illnesses in the privacy of their own home."
2. "With people living well into their 70s and 80s, the healthcare system is being stressed immensely."
3. "The cost of acute hospital-based health care has become an economic burden to most people."
4. "A client's chronic cardiac problems can be monitored well with in-home health services."
5. "It relieves so much stress when care can come to them instead of their going to the health provider."
Correct Answer: 2,3,4,5
Rationale 1: Health preventative screening can be accomplished as a part of home care when needed.
Rationale 2: A number of factors have contributed to trend toward home health care; among them the increasing number of aging adult clients.
Rationale 3: A number of factors have contributed to the trend toward home health care; among them rising healthcare costs.
Rationale 4: A number of factors have contributed to the trend toward home health care; among them the growing emphasis on managing chronic illness.
Rationale 5: A number of factors have contributed to the trends toward home health care; among them the growing emphasis on managing stress for the chronically ill.
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