Look at the organizational chart for a home health agency. Click here to view the chart. A nursing assistant is at a patient’s home giving the patient a bath. While bathing the patient, the nursing assistant observes a rash on the patient’s back, arms, and legs. According to this organizational chart, who will the nursing assistant report the rash to?

A. the coordinating RN
B. the home health administrator
C. LPN/LVN care
D. RN care

Mrs. h, age 42 years, is experiencing severe rheumatoid arthritis in her wrists, fingers, and knees. the joints are quite inflamed, red, and swollen. she is sitting rigidly in a chair and refuses to put on a sweater, even though she is shivering, or let anyone touch her arms. she has been prescribed an analgesic and an anti-inflammatory drug, but her dose is not due for another hour. she is feeling nauseated, so she has not eaten for the past 8 hours. based on patient history and the signs and symptoms, discuss how the effects of pain are exacerbating her condition.