The expanded roles of nursing are apparent in all practice venues. What is the central idea of community-oriented nursing practice?
A) Nursing intervention can improve the health status of one patient at a time.
B) Nursing intervention can encourage rehabilitation in the home setting.
C) Nursing intervention can promote exercise.
D) Nursing intervention can reduce the spread of illness.
Ans: D
Feedback: The central idea of community-oriented nursing practice is that nursing intervention can promote wellness, reduce the spread of illness, and improve the health status of groups of citizens or the community at large. The other answers are incorrect because even though they are correct, they are not the central idea of community-oriented nursing practice.
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