A nurse is involved in implementing the Community Health Promotion Model. Which of the fol-lowing best describes the action being taken by the nurse?
a. Changing public policy
b. Establishing a team to plan and coordinate the work
c. Providing nursing diagnoses for the com-munity
d. Revising an objective for Healthy People 2020
ANS: B
A structure in the community for health promotion should be developed through the establish-ment of a steering committee that will plan and coordinate the work. The nurse would not change public policy, but rather provide information based on data to policy makers. The nurse would not be revising objectives in Healthy People 2020 as that is not an action that individuals are able to take. Nursing diagnoses are not written as part of this model.
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