The nurse is caring for a specific population within a community. Which nursing action should the nurse use to exemplify the population health nurse's case finding role?
1. Assess a client's need for education.
2. Advocate for a mother who is being seen in a clinic.
3. Carry out an investigation of meningitis cases.
4. Develop an educational plan for a group of adolescents.
Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. Case finding has been described as basic to population health nursing. Case finding involves identifying individual cases or occurrences of specific diseases or other health-related conditions requiring services. In the educator role, the population health nurse provides clients and others with information and insights that allow them to make informed decisions on health matters. As an advocate, the population health nurse engages in a number of activities or functions including determining the need for advocacy, determining the point at which advocacy will be most effective, collecting facts related to the problem, and presenting the case to the appropriate decision makers.
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