A rehabilitation nurse caring for a patient who has had a stroke is approached by the patients family and asked why the patient has to do so much for herself when she is obviously struggling. What would be the nurses best answer?
A) We are trying to help her be as useful as she possibly can.
B) The focus on care in a rehabilitation facility is to help the patient to resume as much self-care as possible.
C) We arent here to care for her the way the hospital staff did; we are here to help her get better so she can go home.
D) Rehabilitation means helping patients do exactly what they did before their stroke.
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