You are a home health nurse reenforcing patient teaching with a patient who is immunosuppressed and his family. You know that the patient understands the teaching when he states what?
A) "My family needs to understand what to do if I get an infection."
B) "I need to know how to treat any infection that I get."
C) "I need to understand how to give my infusions."
D) "My family and I need to understand that these are lifelong things I need to do."
Ans: D
Feedback: The patient must be made aware that all health-related instructions are lifelong, that
follow-up with all scheduled appointments is essential, and that it is the patient's responsibility to notify the primary care provider of any early signs or symptoms of infection, however subtle they may be. Neither the family nor the patient would treat any infection the patient got. Nowhere in the scenario does it say the patient gets infusions.
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