MC The faith-based community nurse recognizes that the faith community has a great need among its older members for daily monitoring and "checking in" to assess their status. The best method for the nurse to ensure this is to
A. Organize a volunteer group within the faith community and train them to visit the members.
B. Start a phone tree among the members to call one another on a daily basis.
C. Develop a schedule where the nurse will be able to quickly check in on each member at least twice a week.
D. Pair each member with another member of the congregation and assign them the responsibility for checking on that member.
A. Organize a volunteer group within the faith community and train them to visit the members.
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