A PHN became involved in health care reform. Which of the following best describes the pur-pose of this action?
a. Promote the nursing profession
b. Increase funding for public health nursing
c. Address the concerns of nurses
d. Improve health care access and reduce health care costs
ANS: D
PHNs have been involved in health care reform for several years. An emphasis of reform is that health promotion and disease prevention appear to yield reduction in costs and illness/injury in-cidence while increasing years of healthy life. The focus of health care reform is not on nursing, but rather the population as a whole.
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