Answer to Question 1
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Community health nurses have a long history of autonomous practice, problem solving, and de-cision making. The other three answers relate to acute care nursing or gathering funding. Com-munity health care nurses did engage in these activities in the nineteenth century, but overall, they have been best known for autonomy of practice.
Answer to Question 2
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In the past, community-oriented nurses have been called public health nurses, district nurses, vi-siting nurses, school nurses, occupational health nurses, and home health nurses.