A nurse is providing oral care for a client who is immobile.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Choice C rationale:

Respite care provides support for a client's caregiver. Respite care offers temporary relief or rest for caregivers who are taking care of individuals with chronic illness, disabilities, or those approaching the end of life. It allows caregivers to have a break from their responsibilities, reducing caregiver burnout and stress. This type of support helps maintain the caregiver's physical and emotional well-being, which, in turn, benefits the client's overall care.

Choice A rationale:

Postmortem care is the care provided to a deceased client, and it does not directly support the caregiver of a living client. It is essential for ensuring respectful and appropriate handling of the deceased individual but does not provide support to caregivers.

Choice B rationale:

Home care involves healthcare services delivered in the client's home, which can be beneficial for the client's care but does not specifically address the needs of the caregiver. While it may indirectly ease the caregiver's responsibilities, it is not a service designed to support caregivers directly.

Choice D rationale:

Restorative care focuses on rehabilitation and restoring the client's health and independence, which primarily benefits the client rather than the caregiver. It is not a service aimed at supporting caregivers in the same way that respite care does.

Choice A rationale:

SDOH are not determined by an individual's ethnic background. SDOH encompass a wide range of factors beyond ethnicity that affect an individual's well-being, including social, economic, and environmental factors.

Choice B rationale:

SDOH are conditions in an individual's environment that affect their well-being. This is the correct answer. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) refer to the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, and how these conditions impact their physical and mental well-being. These conditions include factors such as income, education, employment, social support, and access to healthcare.

Choice C rationale:

Identifying SDOH does not increase disparities in healthcare. In fact, recognizing and addressing SDOH can help reduce health disparities by providing more equitable access to resources and services for underserved populations.

Choice D rationale:

While psychological factors can be important determinants of health, they are not typically considered part of the social determinants of health. SDOH primarily focus on external factors related to an individual's environment and socioeconomic conditions.