A Visiting Nurse Is Making an Initial Home Visit for a Patient

Multiple Choice

A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who has many chronic medical problems.Which type of database is most appropriate to collect in this setting?

A) A follow-up database to evaluate changes at appropriate intervals
B) An episodic database because of the continuing,complex medical problems of this patient
C) A complete health database because of the nurse's primary responsibility for monitoring the patient's health
D) An emergency database because of the need to rapidly collect information and make accurate diagnoses