A chronically ill, older client lives with their daughter. The client reports the daughter, who has three small children, seems run-down, coughs a lot, and sleeps all the time. Which statement supports the need for the nurse to pursue the daughter’s condition as a potential case finding?

Based on the scenario it can be said that the statement that would best cause the nurse to pursue the daughter’s condition would be that Older adults with chronic illness are more susceptible to tuberculosis. This is because the client is an older adult that is chronically ill, meaning that the daughter could pass the illness (probable cold) onto the client which may evolve into tuberculosis which could be fatal.

Sam1s Sam1s · Answer 2 · 2022-01-11T12:46:03+01:00

The statement supports that the need for the nurse to pursue the daughter’s condition as a potential case finding:

--Chronic illness are prone to tuberculosis.

Based on the scenario, nurses can be the best guide to tracking a daughter's condition that older people with chronic illness are prone to tuberculosis increases.
This is because the client is an elderly, chronically ill adult. This means that her daughter can tell her client about her illness (which is likely to be a cold) and develop fatal tuberculosis.

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