Public health nurses are involved in health care reform because reform should
a. Promote the nursing profession.
b. Increase funding for public health nursing.
c. Address the concerns of nurses.
d. Improve health care access and reduce health care costs.
ANS: D
Public health nurses have been involved in health care reform for several years. An emphasis of reform is that health promotion and disease prevention appear to yield reduction in costs and illness/injury incidence while increasing years of healthy life.
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