Which of the following best describes what Lillian Wald suggested in regards to providing care to individuals and families?
a. Public health nurses should encourage clients to join the Henry Street settlement for mutual growth and support among the families.
b. Public health nurses should focus on providing care in the client's home.
c. Public health nurses should recognize the larger social and economic forces that the family cannot control.
d. Public health nurses should try to understand that educating clients on how to stay healthy is the nurse's primary responsibility.
ANS: C
Wald emphasized that one could not understand an individual without understanding the family, and the family is in the grip of larger social and economic forces that they cannot control. It was not suggested by Wald that clients be encouraged to join the Henry Street settlement, focus on providing care in the client's home, or that it was the nurse's responsiblity to keep clients healthy.
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