A nurse cares for the community as the client when focusing on:
a. Providing care for aggregates living in the community
b. The collective good of the population
c. The provision of care for families in the home setting
d. Providing health education in the community
B
The community is considered the client when the nursing focus is on the collective good of the population. Providing education is one way the nurse can care for the community as the client; however, the focus of nursing care is larger in scope than only education.
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