Validating community nursing diagnoses with community residents is an important step for establishing and maintaining a partnership. Which is a key principle that the community health nurse needs to keep in mind about this partnership?
A) Community leaders cannot have access to confidential privileged information.
B) Community organizations have the right to choose not to participate in health planning.
C) Community residents have the right not to identify their own health needs.
D) Community leaders and organizations are not involved in negotiation of specific programs.
Ans: B
Validating community nursing diagnoses with the community residents is an important step for establishing and maintaining the partnership. Equally important is the right of community leaders, organizations, and residents to confidentiality of privileged information and the right to choose not to participate in health planning. Communities have the right to identify their own health needs and negotiate with the community health nurse with regard to interventions and specific programs.
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