The home care nurse is caring for a diabetic patient with a nonhealing

The home care nurse is caring for a diabetic patient with a nonhealing leg wound. The nurse asks the patient’s wife if she would like to watch as the nurse sets up to do the dressing change.

The nurse watches the wife’s reaction as she completes the procedure. The best explanation for why the nurse does this is because
A) in most cases caregivers must become competent in taking over the wound care
B) the wife may have some affective reaction to the procedure that will need to be addressed
C) psychomotor skills are important and the nurse is evaluating the patient’s wife to see if she is ready to assist
D) the patient’s wife will play a role in the dressing change

ESSAYBID ANSWER

A