Question

A 75-year-old female recovering from a broken hip is being discharged from a healthcare facility. After completing her care plan after discharge, the nurse learns that her patient has a 78-year-old husband with dementia that she cares for at home. He has been staying with other family members during her convalescence. Which of these is the correct course of action for the nurse?

Accepted Answer

Re-evaluate and revise her discharge care plan to ensure that the patient and her husband are both well taken care of at home.

Answer

Leave the discharge care plan as it is; assume that the family will continue taking care of her husband.

Answer

Trust that the patient’s rehabilitation has been sufficient and she can immediately resume all previous activities related to caring for her husband at home.

Answer

Confront the patient and ask her why she didn’t disclose the information about caring for her husband prior to completing her discharge care plan.

Question 7 - Management of Care Practice Test for the NCLEX-RN Exam