Based on Lillian Wald's work living among the residents of the Henry Street Settlement House in New York City, community health nurses can effect change in a community's health by:
A) advocating for better housing
B) working to change labor practices, wages
C) analyzing risks and benefits of care decisions
D) teaching preventive practices
E) accessing and using emerging research evidence
Ans: A, B, D
Lillian Wald's contributions include establishing nursing schools, advocating for better housing, working to change child labor laws, teaching preventive practices, advocating occupational health nursing, and improving the education of public health nurses. Today's nurses can continue this work. Analyzing risks and benefits of care decisions as well as accessing and using emerging research evidence are important nursing actions for individual clients.
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