Which of the following is the role of the nurse within the ecological framework for community care?
a. Support the integration of health choices into lifestyles.
b. Evaluate nursing actions and processes within the community setting.
c. Recognize the need for social change to alter health-damaging conditions.
d. Ask critical questions to assess situations and develop plans for health issues.
A
The evaluation of nursing actions and processes within the community setting is a function that can be done within the citizens ladder of participation framework. Recognizing the need for social change to alter health-damaging conditions is seen within the critical social theory. Asking critical questions to assess situations and develop plans for health issues is also seen within the critical social theory. Supporting the integration of health choices into lifestyles is an activity seen within the ecological framework for community care.
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