Unlike many other areas of nursing, rural community health nursing is characterized by
1. A great deal of independence and the need to be resourceful and creative.
2. Care focused largely on individuals.
3. Delivery of care primarily to geriatric clients.
4. Limitations in care provision due to scarcity of manpower and resources for referral.
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