A clinical specialist in gerontology accepted a position with the local health department as a community/public health nurse. What sort of assignment can the nurse expect?
A. To geriatric clients and the local senior citizen centers
B. To the highest risk neighborhood in the city, because that is where the need is most acute
C. To the neighborhood where the nurse lives, to reduce travel time
D. Wherever the nurse wants so that the nurse will accept the position in this time of nurse shortages
ANS: A
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