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B. Curative and Rehabilitative Efforts
Getting Started
The two nurses below list the characteristics of curative and rehabilitative care. Decide whether each
characteristic is curative care or rehabilitative care.
Caring to improve a patient’s functioning
and skills after an illness or injury
1
.
Resolving an illness and the goal of
bringing the patient—ideally—to their
2
status of health before the illness
. presented itself
Providing treatments and therapies to a
3
patient with the goal of curing an illness
. or condition
4 Helping patients regain function they
. once had, whether or not full-
functioning is possible
5
Treating patients by giving Helping a patient keep or maintain
medication, utilizing technology, . function in the face of a disease or injury
surgery, and giving any other that is progressive and that deteriorates
measures that could be 6 functioning
considered effective approaches .
to treat an illness
A proactive approach to medical treatment
7 aimed to eliminate medical issues, rather
. than simply minimizing their impact
Giving treatments to delay
disease progression even when a
cure is not possible 8
.
Restoring full independence or
simply improving on certain skills
9
and functions to a smaller degree
.
Caring to improve functioning 10
and skills in patients who are
disabled .
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