The population health nurse visits a new mother and infant at home. During the visit, the nurse and mother discuss how the postpartal course is going and how the infant is doing with feeding and sleeping
The nurse provides information and answers any questions the mother may have and performs teaching as needed. In what role is the nurse functioning?
1. Case finding and referral.
2. Care of the sick.
3. Health promotion and illness prevention.
4. Home health nursing.
Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. Promoting maternal and child health is health promotion. The nurse visits the postpartal mother to answer questions, assess how the mother is recuperating, and how the infant is progressing. The nurse performs teaching as needed, which is health promotion and illness prevention. It is not case finding and referral, or care of the sick. Home health nursing is a specific type of home nursing that addresses an illness event.
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