The Elderly Person Has Just Returned Home from the Hospital

The elderly person has just returned home from the hospital after treatment for chronic heart failure. The person experiences a pulse rate increase from 80 beats per minute to 102 beats per minute when walking between the kitchen and the laundry to do her washing. Which of the following are appropriate nursing actions for the community nurse?

A) Encourage the person to rest for 30 minutes between each load of laundry completed.
B) Encourage the person to keep a chair near the washer/dryer unit and sit to rest until their heart rate returns to normal.
C) Suggest the person accomplish tasks like laundry early in the morning before fatigue is an issue.
D) Recommend that the person become more active in order to build stamina.