A Home Health Nurse Is Collaborating with a Hospice Nurse

Multiple Choice

A home health nurse is collaborating with a hospice nurse in order to transfer the care of a woman who has a diagnosis of lung cancer. To qualify for hospice care, the patient must meet what criterion?

A) The patient must be medically inappropriate for hospital care.
B) The patient must be in the final six months of his or her life.
C) The patients family must demonstrate that they are unable to provide care.
D) The patient must have a diagnosis that is associated with high morbidity and mortality.