A nurse is participating in an interdisciplinary care conference for a client with metastatic bone cancer who is transitioning to home hospice care. The client reports severe, escalating pain despite the current analgesic regimen, struggles with feeding and dressing due to profound weakness, and the client's spouse expresses feeling overwhelmed by the financial burden of purchasing home medical supplies. Which of the following collaborative actions are appropriate? (Select all that apply.)
- Request a palliative care or pain management consultation to re-evaluate and optimize the current analgesic regimen.Cevap
- Request a medical social worker evaluation to assist the family in identifying community financial resources for medical equipment.Cevap
- Initiate an occupational therapy referral to assess the client's ability to perform activities of daily living and suggest adaptive aids.Cevap
- DAssign the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to evaluate the family's home for potential safety hazards prior to discharge.
- EOffer reassurance to the spouse by stating that financial burdens are a normal part of the process and will resolve soon.
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The appropriate collaborative actions include requesting a palliative care consultation for complex pain management, consulting a medical social worker to assist with financial resources, and initiating an occupational therapy referral for support with activities of daily living.
The correct actions appropriately utilize the interdisciplinary team to address complex client needs. A palliative care provider specializes in managing severe pain in terminal illnesses. A medical social worker is the expert in connecting families with financial assistance and community resources. An occupational therapist specializes in evaluating and improving a client's ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) through adaptive equipment and techniques.
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Interdisciplinary team collaboration involves matching specific client needs (such as complex pain, financial distress, and ADL deficits) with the appropriate specialized team members while adhering to safe delegation principles and therapeutic communication.