During the initial visit to a patient's home, what information is it important to provide to the patient and family?
A) Available community resources to meet their needs
B) Information on other patients in the area with similar health care needs
C) The nurse's home address and phone number
D) Dates and times of all scheduled home care visits
Ans: A
Feedback: The community-based nurse is responsible for informing the patient and family about the community resources available to meet their needs. During initial and subsequent home visits, the nurse helps the patient and family identify these community services and encourages them to contact the appropriate agencies. When appropriate, nurses may make the initial contact. The other answers are incorrect because it is inappropriate to ever provide information on other patients to a patient; it is equally inappropriate for a nurse to give her patients her home address or phone number. Giving the patient the dates and times of their scheduled home visits is appropriate, but it is more important to provide them with resources available within the community to meet their needs.
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