A clinical specialist in gerontology accepted a position with the local health department as a community/public health nurse. For whom can the nurse expect to provide care?
a. To geriatric clients and the local senior citizen centers
b. To the neighborhood at highest risk in the city
c. To the neighborhood where the nurse lives
d. To wherever the nurse selects
ANS: A
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