What might the new family nurse practitioner at the rural health clinic discover about local clients?
A. Careful to budget health insurance for themselves and their families
B. Define health as self-actualization of potential
C. Fatalistic and oriented to the land, nature, and the seasons
D. Very open to sharing their problems and accepting her advice
ANS: C
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