Health promotion is as much a function of nursing as wound care is. As a health care professional, what is a responsibility of a nurse?
A) To promote activities that enhance the community
B) To encourage self-awareness
C) To promote activities that foster personal fulfillment
D) To influence social interactions
Ans: C
Feedback: As health care professionals, nurses have a responsibility to promote activities that foster well-being, self-actualization, and personal fulfillment. Nurses often promote activities that enhance the community and encourage self-awareness; however, they are not a nurse's responsibility. As a professional, nurses do not influence social interactions.
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