A continuum of care:
a. deals strictly with health promotion.
b. focuses on the needs of the community.
c. is a linkage of health services across set-tings.
d. provides another health care option for the homeless.
C
A continuum of care is a linkage of health services across health care delivery settings and sites of care. Nurses need to focus on managing the continuum of care as a basis of nursing practice. Collaboration and communication are essential elements of coordination and integration across a "seamless" continuum of care: Continuity of patient care involves a series of coordinating lin-kages across time, settings, providers, and consumers of health care.
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