The nurse is helping in discharge planning for a diabetic client who needs extensive rehabilitation and is on a complicated medication schedule
The client and spouse currently live with their eldest son and the family is very involved in the client's care. The nurse would want to coordinate the client's care by including which priority individuals?
Select all that apply.
A) Pharmacist
B) Client's children
C) Primary healthcare provider
D) Social worker
E) Client's spouse
Answer: B, E
Effective discharge planning necessitates health team conferences and family conferences and gives the client, family, and healthcare professionals the opportunity to plan care and set goals. Involving the client's spouse and children would be important in this situation because of the complexity of the client's situation. The physician, pharmacist, and social worker may also be included, but by their own decision, not necessarily by the nurse's invitation, as is the case with coordination.
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