The nurse recognizes that the rehabilitation facility has met its obligation to the client when which of the following goals is met?
1. To completely cure the client
2. To deliver care to the acutely ill client
3. To provide short-term care in order to stabilize the client's condition
4. To restore the ill or injured person to an optimum level of wellness
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Rationale 1: The rehabilitation center focuses on restoring the client to the previous level of functioning or to as optimum a level as possible. Caring for the acutely ill or curing a person of a disease is generally the domain of the acute care facility. Stabilization of condition is also conducted in acute care facilities.
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