When looking toward the future of nursing, it is important for nurse educators to teach student nurses that the wave of the future in nursing is in
a. bedside nursing.
b. hospice nursing and home health care.
c. advanced practice and leadership roles.
d. nurses possessing a diploma degree.
ANS: C
Advanced practice and leadership roles for nurses are the wave of the future.
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