A nurse has a broad, aggregate focus when providing care to clients. W

A nurse has a broad, aggregate focus when providing care to clients. Which of the following best describes how this approach will help improve client outcomes? (Select all that apply.)

a. Ensures that collaborative efforts of many professionals will be used
b. Confirms the individual’s responsibility for resolving the health problem
c. Empowers decision-making based on both individual and community goals, needs, and priorities
d. Enables the nurse to ask for assistance from other community professionals
e. Encourages allocation of time for population-focused preventive efforts
f.
Upholds professional nursing standards of care

ESSAYBID ANSWER

ANS: C, E
Having a broader focus will help both nurse and patient make appropriate decisions. Unfortunately, it cannot ensure that others will help. Ideally, it will help both parties recognize that health problems are not just an individual’s responsibility but often a result of environmental, sociopolitical, and economic factors as well. Encouraging the nurse to allocate time for population-focused health promotion efforts will also help the nurse’s individual clients over the long term.