A hospital prepares to receive large numbers of casualties from a community disaster.Which clients should the nurse identify as appropriate for discharge or transfer to another facility? (Select all that apply.)

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The client with the femur fracture could be transferred to a rehabilitation facility,and the client on the medical unit for wound care should be transferred home with home health or to a long-term care facility for ongoing wound care.The client in the medical decision unit should be identified for dismissal if diagnostic testing reveals a noncardiac source of chest pain.The newly admitted client with pneumonia would not be a good choice because culture results are not yet available and antibiotics have not been administered long enough.The infant does not have a definitive diagnosis.

A Hospital Prepares to Receive Large Numbers of Casualties from a Community