Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 1
1. A nurse is striving to practice patient-centered care at a hospital. Which action best
exemplifies providing patient-centered care?
A) Having a client complete a self-reported functional status indicator and then
reviewing it with the client
B) Explaining to a client the benefits of computer-assisted robotic surgical
techniques, which the hospital recently implemented
C) Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record
D) Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client is in the
hospital
Ans: A
Feedback:
Patient-centered care considers cultural traditions, personal preferences, values, 
families, and lifestyles. Clients become active participants in their own care, and 
monitoring health becomes the client's responsibility. To help clients and their 
healthcare providers make better decisions, the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality (AHRQ) has developed a series of tools that empower clients and assist 
providers in achieving desired outcomes, including client-reported functional status 
indicators. Computer-assisted robotic surgical techniques, electronic health records, and 
continuous glucose monitoring in the hospital are all technological advances in 
healthcare, but they do not help the client become a more active participant in his or her 
care, and thus are not good examples of patient-centered care