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A clinical specialist in gerontology accepted a position with the local health department as a community/public health nurse. What sort of assignment can the nurse expect?
 
  A. To geriatric clients and the local senior citizen centers
  B. To the highest risk neighborhood in the city, because that is where the need is most acute
  C. To the neighborhood where the nurse lives, to reduce travel time
  D. Wherever the nurse wants so that the nurse will accept the position in this time of nurse shortages

Question 2

Many new community/public health nurses find home visiting very uncomfortable, even in nice neighborhoods. What would be the primary reason for such a feeling?
 
  A. Home visits are a new skill to be mastered, and learning is uncomfortable.
  B. Home visits reflect a situation under the client's control and in the client's environment.
  C. Home visits require lots of supervision, backup, and extra resources.
  D. Home visits take much more time and effort than giving care in the hospital.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B



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