When a community health nurse applies the principle of targeting all who might benefit from her or his practice, which of the following would the nurse include?
A) Ensuring that people live in conditions conducive to health
B) Promoting a higher level of wellness and preventing health problems
C) Examining policies to judge whether they are acceptable and meet clients' needs
D) Ensuring that the community is using its limited resources to achieve the greatest health
C
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1. PRN nurse 2. Internal float nurse 3. Part-time nurse 4. Agency nurse
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A nurse is ambivalent about performing vigorous suctioning in a terminally ill client in a comatose state. Which of the following is the appropriate statement by the nurse in regard to processing this ethical dilemma?
a. "I need to know the legalities of the living will of this client." b. "My spiritual beliefs mandate that I continue to provide all the interventions within my scope of practice." c. "I cannot figure out what's right in this situation. I need to collect more data." d. "I just feel that I should not suction this client."