Fundamentals of Nursing Q 267
A client-centered goal is a specific and measurable behavior or response that reflects a client’s:
A. Desire for specific health care interventions.
B. Highest possible level of wellness and independence in function.
C. Physician’s goal for the specific client.
D. Response when compared to another client with a similar problem.
Correct Answer: B. Highest possible level of wellness and independence in function.
Client-centered practices facilitate the development of strong therapeutic relationships and enable care providers to understand how to maximize clients’ strengths and minimize challenges in achieving treatment and recovery goals.
Option A: Care providers negotiate between clients’ decisions and ongoing risk assessments. The care plan reflects safe practices and promotes interventions that minimize or reduce potential harms to the client.
Option C: Client-centred care empowers clients, promoting autonomy, rights, voice, and self-determination in the treatment planning and recovery process and supports care plans that are developed in collaboration with clients, and allows clients to express their self-identified needs and choices.
Option D: Client-centred care is about treating clients as they want to be treated, with knowledge about and respect for their values and personal priorities. Health care providers who take the time to get to know their clients can provide care that better addresses the needs of clients and improves their quality of care.