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LaDunn · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The community health nurse is identifying approaches to support a community's health care needs. Which programs should the nurse select to support community-based health care?

1. Smoking cessation classes
2. Personal safety classes for women
3. Blood pressure measurement clinic
4. Outpatient clinic for minor ailments
5. Allergy injection clinic on weekends

Question 2

The nurse learns that two new home care agencies are opening in a community. What should the nurse consider as reasons why home care agencies are increasing in numbers?

1. The need for custodial care
2. Third-party payers who support cost control measures
3. The increase in the older adult population
4. The decreasing need for acute care
5. The focus on the needs of the community

ynlevi · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1, 2, 3

Rationale 1: Community-based care is holistic and involves a broad range of services designed not only to restore health but also to promote health, prevent illness, and protect the public. This would include smoking cessation classes.

Rationale 2: Community-based care is holistic and involves a broad range of services designed not only to restore health but also to promote health, prevent illness, and protect the public. This would include personal safety classes for women.

Rationale 3: Community-based care is holistic and involves a broad range of services designed not only to restore health but also to promote health, prevent illness, and protect the public. This would include blood pressure measurement clinics.

Rationale 4: The traditional health care system focuses on the ill and injured. An outpatient clinic for minor ailments would be a traditional health care program.

Rationale 5: The traditional health care system focuses on the ill and injured. An allergy clinic on weekends would be a traditional health care program.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2, 3
Rationale 1: A common misconception about home health nursing is that it is custodial in its scope of practice.
Rationale 2: Factors that have contributed to the growth of home care services include third-party payers that favor home care to control costs.
Rationale 3: Factors that have contributed to the growth of home care services include the increase in the older population.
Rationale 4: Acute care has not decreased, but the length of stay in acute care has.
Rationale 5: The focus of home health care nursing is individuals and their families.