A nurse is planning to assist homeless clients at a local shelter with finding community resources to meet their health care needs. Which of the following actions should the nurse take before in-teracting with this population?
a. Change personal views about homeless-ness
b. Understand the concepts of homelessness
c. Receive special training about where to locate homeless people
d. Have experience in mental health nursing and counseling
ANS: B
To implement effective nursing interventions for homeless clients, nurses need to be aware of their own beliefs and values about the homeless as well as understand the concepts of homeless-ness.
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