The foundation for communicating all patient care goals in long-term care settings is the
A. legal assessment. C. interdisciplinary plan of care.
B. medical history. D. Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set.
C Unlike the acute care hospital, where most health care practitioners document separately, the
patient care plan is the foundation around which patient care is organized in long-term care
facilities because it contains the unique perspective of each discipline involved.
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