How can the community health nurse mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems?
A) Develop programs and services to meet the needs of high-risk populations as well as members of the broader community.
B) Explain the significance of health issues to the public and participate in developing plans of action.
C) Establish programs and services to meet special needs.
D) Participate in early identification of factors detrimental to the community's health.
Ans: B
Nurses can mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems by explaining the significance of health issues to the public and participate in developing plans of action. Nurses can develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts by developing programs and services to meet the needs of high-risk populations as well as members of the broader community. Nurses can link people to needed personal health services and ensure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable by establishing programs and services to meet special needs. Nurses can research new insights and innovations solutions to health problems by participating in early identification of factors detrimental to the community's health.
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