Community-based nursing care takes place in community settings such as the home or a clinic. Ideally, this is done to
a. Exert greater control over individual or family decisions.
b. Provide services close to where patients live.
c. Isolate patients and prevent the spread of disease.
d. Reduce the need for self-care.
B
The ideal is to provide health care services close to where patients live. This lessens the cost of care as well as the stress associated with the financial burdens of care. The focus is on the needs of the individual or family. The nurse learns to partner with patients and families so they assume responsibility for their health care decisions.
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