The Nurse Is Teaching at a Community Center About How

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching at a community center about how the focus on care provision has shifted from the hospital to the community and a public health focus.The nurse teaches the community members that health care systems organized around acute,episodic care no longer suffice as a primary service model due to the complexity of contemporary health care,which requires a different care process to match new health realities.The nurse lists which of the following reasons for this?

A) Decreased ethnic and racial diversity
B) Overall shorter life spans secondary to superinfections
C) Oversupply of highly skilled physicians and registered nurses
D) Higher incidence of chronic health conditions