A recent nursing graduate has been hired as a parish nurse in the church that she has attended for many years. How should the nurse understand this new role?
A) The nurse will focus on the assessment and management of acute illnesses among the members of the church.
B) The nurse will implement spiritually based interventions in disease management as an alternative to western biomedicine.
C) The nurse will consider the whole church congregation to be her client using a community health model.
D) The nurse will serve as a specialized health advisor to the leadership of the church.
Ans: C
Parish nursing is a program that promotes health and wellness of body, mind, and spirit using the community health nursing model as its framework. The church congregation is the client.
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