Which of the following actions is most representative of how health care of the future might be delivered? As a nurse leader, you:
a. Refer families who require immediate help to a local food bank. You also work with local agencies and families to establish a mothers collective in which mothers learn about nutrition and prepare low-cost, nutritious meals that are shared with the mothers in the collective.
b. Work together with a local agency to set up a free clinic in which addicts and the homeless can receive free health care and prescriptions for immediate needs.
c. Ensure that individuals who are admitted to your unit are asked about their smoking history and that preoperative and post-operative planning takes into account how smoking will affect status during and after surgery.
d. Address the health of those who are overweight and obese on your unit by en-suring that hospital meals offer nutritious, healthy food choices that are satisfying.
A
Referral to a food bank addresses the needs of a specific population, while exemplifying an im-portant leadership strength: thinking long-term, acting short-term. The project that involves mothers will teach mothers about nutrition and engage them in preparation of low-cost, healthy meals while promoting longer-term changes in healthy eating.
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