A client receiving telephonic care visits with a population health nurse asks why a home visit is needed after hospitalization. What should the population health nurse explain to the client?
1. Home care is a subspecialty of population health care.
2. The home care nurse reports to the population health nurse.
3. A home visit is the only way that the population health nurse will be paid.
4. The client is extremely ill and the population health nurse needs someone to make an assessment.
Answer: 1
Explanation: 1. Home health is actually a subspecialty within population health nursing in which the primary, but not sole, focus is on resolution of existing health problems and health restoration. Effective home health nurses, who provide holistic nursing care, employ principles of population health nursing within the segment of the population that is ill. The home care nurse does not report to the population health nurse. A home visit is not being done so that the population health nurse can be paid. There is no evidence to support that the client is extremely ill or that the population nurse needs someone to assess the patient at home.
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