For which patient would it be most important to perform a comprehensive discharge plan?
1) A teenager who is a first-time mother, single, and lives with her parents
2) An older adult who has had a stroke affecting the left side of his body and lives alone
3) A middle-aged man who has had outpatient surgery on his knee and requires crutches
4) A young woman who was admitted to the hospital for observation following an accident
ANS: 2
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