The population health nurse is researching the activities of Margaret Sanger for a school paper. The nurse should explain the actions of Ms. Sanger as combining social activism with nursing to her clients by:
1. Advocating for better care for the mentally ill.
2. Reducing rural childbirth morbidity and mortality rates.
3. Providing information about contraceptive services to women.
4. Providing education regarding improved nutrition for families.
Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. Margaret Sanger combined social activism with nursing by providing contraceptive information to poor women. Among population health nursing care, education was always a component in the early efforts of activists like Sanger. Reducing rural childbirth mortality and morbidity rates was done by Mary Breckenridge in the Frontier Nursing Service. Dorothea Dix was an early activist for advocating for the mentally ill.
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