The nursing activity that best demonstrates Nightingale's theory of nursing is:
a. taking the client to the hospital chapel in a wheelchair.
b. manipulating the client's energy fields through therapeutic touch.
c. working with a community group to improve air quality in the city.
d. working with the client to identify their needs and formulate mutual goals.
ANS: C
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