A nurse supports Nursing's Agenda for Health Care Reform. For which of the following actions would the nurse advocate?

a. Availability of third-party reimbursement to advanced-practice nurses under Medicare and Medicaid
b. Employment by local health departments of nurses to teach aggregates at high risk how to avoid health problems
c. Physicians's ability to employ additional nurses in their practice to improve patients' compliance with medical regimens
d. Permission to state governments to pay public health nurses to develop health promotion projects for communities


ANS: A

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