A nurse performs activities to meet the primary goals of public health. Which of the following is the nurse most likely to complete?
a. Ensuring that a newly diagnosed 40-year-old hypertensive man takes his medication
b. Finding home care for a 70-year-old client recuperating from a hip replacement
c. Conducting an infant car seat safety check
d. Contacting a local hospice to admit a ter-minally ill 60-year-old woman
ANS: C
The correct answer is concerned with the health of many people, while the other answers address individual interventions. According to the Core Functions Project, all levels of health care, in-cluding population-based public health care, must be funded or the goal of health of populations may never be reached.
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