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Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve
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school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of
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comprehensive, coordinated, andcontinuous care. These nurses may be generalists or
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4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy
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community.Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented
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