A public health nurse (PHN) collaborates with local community leaders to develop a local cam-paign educating about the importance of wearing a seat belt. Which of the following client sys-tems of the integrative model does this describe?
a. Community
b. Aggregate
c. Family
d. Individual
ANS: A
Interventions to initiate or maintain healthy lifestyles must be multifocal. At the broadest level of care (community), nurses work with community leaders, other community residents, and health professionals to plan programs to promote optimal health for the community and its people. The community is the environment for the aggregate and is the system being applied.
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