Currently clients on a unit are bathed in the morning between 8:00 am and 11:00 am. The nursing staff is contemplating changing that routine to bathing clients in the evening between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Which statement reflects an underlying assumption that might affect the staff's ability to think critically about this change?
A) "The day shift just wants to shift work onto the evening shift."
B) "Everyone likes to bathe right before bed."
C) "I read a research article that reported that clients sleep better if they have been bathed right before bedtime."
D) "The physician staff will be upset if we change our morning routine."
E) "If we let them change this, they will want to make lots of other changes, too."

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The Answer of Currently clients on a unit are bathed in the morning between 8:00 am and 11:00 am. The nursing staff is contemplating changing that routine to bathing clients in the evening between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Which statement reflects an underlying assumption that might affect the staff's ability to think critically about this change?
A) "The day shift just wants to shift work onto the evening shift."
B) "Everyone likes to bathe right before bed."
C) "I read a research article that reported that clients sleep better if they have been bathed right before bedtime."
D) "The physician staff will be upset if we change our morning routine."
E) "If we let them change this, they will want to make lots of other changes, too."

Currently Clients on a Unit Are Bathed in the Morning