Community-oriented nursing needs vary by community. However, there are prevailing needs in most rural areas, especially the following:
1. Occupational health
2. Acute hospital care
3. Emergency care services
4. Psychiatric in-patient care
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Emergency care services are an especially prevailing need in most rural areas.
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A) "You won't hear a sound if you wear your headphones." B) "The machine makes a very loud rattle, but the headphones will help." C) "There are a variety of loud sounds you will hear." D) "The MRI scanner sounds like a machine gun."
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a. 1 mcg/kg/min b. 5 mcg/kg/min c. 15 mcg/kg/min d. 20 mcg/kg/min
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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