The Nursing Assistant Works at a Continuing Care Retirement Community

Multiple Choice

The nursing assistant works at a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) and is caring for a client at the assisted living who has a spouse currently at the skilled nursing unit recovering from pneumonia. The client wants to spend some time with the spouse. What is the best action for the nursing assistant to take?

A) Help the client use the facility's transportation service to visit the nearby skilled care unit.
B) Explain that it is not possible to visit the spouse because the facility is on the other side of the town.
C) Ask the nurse at the skilled care unit if the client's spouse may go to the movie theatre.
D) Establish that the client cannot see their spouse because the spouse has pneumonia.