The Visiting Nurses Association of which state developed a system of nursing diagnoses that identifies physical factors and external health factors important to community health?
a. South Dakota c. Idaho
b. Arizona d. Nebraska
D
The Visiting Nurses Association of Omaha, Nebraska, developed a system of nursing diagnoses in the 1970s.
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