While completing a community assessment, the nurse needs to learn the location of main health facilities and the number of who receive welfare. Where should the nurse access this information?
1. Police department
2. City health planning board
3. County health department
4. State census data
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: The police department has statistics regarding incidence of crime, vandalism, and drug addiction. Rationale 2: The city health planning board has information about health needs and practices.
Rationale 3: The county health department would be able to supply information about location of health facilities, occupational health programs, numbers of health professionals, numbers of welfare recipients, and so on.
Rationale 4: The state census data describe population composition and characteristics.
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