Which of the following best describes how the Health Planning Model for care of aggregates differs from the customary nursing process applied to the care of an individual?
a. The nurse must be aware of age, gender, race, ethnic group, religion, educational background, occupation, and marital status of the aggregate.
b. The nurse must first decide on and define the aggregate to receive care.
c. The nurse must determine how best to ensure that each participant receives an equal number of services.
d. The nurse must choose which health care need should have first priority.
ANS: B
The nurse decides which aggregate to focus on and then carefully defines that aggregate.
Whether caring for an individual, a family, or an aggregate, the nurse must know the demographics of the client and choose which health need has first priority. In caring for aggregates, each participant does not receive an equal number of services, but only those services that each participant needs.
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