The nursing care plan indicates that a client requires specific teaching in preparation for discharge tomorrow. The client is currently in the day room, where several friends are visiting and watching a football game. The nurse:
1. Arranges a time for teaching with the client.
2. Teaches the client in the day room.
3. Asks visitors to leave and escorts the client to his room.
4. Asks the client to come to his room and tells the visitors he'll be back soon.
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Rationale: Allowing the client to choose the best time will facilitate learning and the communication process. Teaching the client in the day room in front of his friends is a breach of confidentiality, and might be very embarrassing to the client. Asking visitors to leave or taking the client away from friends will place a barrier in the communication and learning processes.
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