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Acting as a client advocate
Integrating advance directives into the plan of care
Becoming familiar with the emergency response plan
Delegating client care activities and providing continuity of care
Ensuring ethical practices are implemented
Ensuring informed consent has been obtained
Ensuring legal rights and responsibilities are maintained
Collaborating with interprofessional teams
Establishing priorities related to client care activities
Instituting quality improvement procedures
Integrating case management concepts
Maintaining confidentiality and information security issues related to the
client’s health care
Supervising the delivery of client care
Triaging clients
Upholding client rights
Using information technology in a confidential manner
Using leadership and management skills effectively

Health Promotion and Maintenance

Considering cultural, religious, and spiritual issues related to family systems
and family planning
Considering personal viewpoints and individualized health care needs of
special population groups
Identifying high-risk behaviors of the client
Performing physical assessment techniques
Promoting health and preventing disease
Promoting the client’s ability to perform self-care
Providing health screening and health promotion programs
Respecting client preferences and lifestyle choices

Psychosocial Integrity

Addressing needs based on the client’s preferences and beliefs
Assessing the use of effective coping mechanisms
Becoming aware of personal, cultural, religious, and spiritual preferences and
incorporating these preferences when planning and implementing care
Identifying abuse and neglect issues
Identifying clients who do not speak or understand English and determining
how language needs will be met by the use of agency-approved interpreters
Identifying family dynamics as they relate to the client
Identifying support systems for the client
Providing a therapeutic environment and building a relationship based on trust

Physiological Integrity

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