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community-based nursing
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Acute and chronic care of individuals and families that enhances their capacity for self-care and promotes autonomy in decision making.(3)
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community health nursing
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Approach that merges knowledge from the public health sciences with professional nursing theories to safeguard and improve the health of populations in the community.(3)
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incident rates
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Rates of new cases of a disease in a specified population over a defined period.(3, 22, 49)
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informed consent
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Process of obtaining permission from a client to perform a specific test or procedure after describing all risks, side effects, and benefits.(3)
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population
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Collection of individuals who have in common one or more personal or environmental characteristics.(3)
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public health
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Measures that we, as a society, collectively pursue to ensure the conditions in which people can be healthy.(3)
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public health nursing
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An approach to nursing care that addresses the health of populations and their communities.(3)
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vulnerable populations
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Clients who are more likely to develop specific health problems.
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