What is the focus of community-based nursing?
A) Community health
B) Maintaining and improving the health of the community
C) Promoting and maintaining the health of individuals and families
D) Family health
Ans: C
Feedback: This nursing practice focuses on promoting and maintaining the health of individuals and families, preventing and minimizing the progression of disease, and improving quality of life. Its focus is not really community health, maintaining or improving the health of a community, or family health per se.
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