A public health nurse collaborates with a physician's clinic to increase the number of infants and toddlers who receive lead screening. According to the integrative model, what client system and focus of care are being addressed?
a. Aggregate level health promotion
b. Aggregate level illness prevention
c. Family level illness care
d. Individual level health promotion
A
Each succeeding level of the client system is more complex. In this situation, the public health nurse is working with an aggregate of infants and toddlers. The focus of care being addressed is health promotion, focusing on positive measures such as education for healthy living and promo-tion of favorable environmental conditions as well as periodic examinations, including well-child developmental assessment and health education.
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