A community health nurse is working with several rural areas to improve access to health care for the residents. Which suggestions might the nurse provide? Select all that apply.

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Several strategies can be used to improve access for rural residents. These include faith-based nursing, mobile clinics, school-based clinics, and telehealth. Critical access hospitals are hospitals that have 25 or fewer beds and provide 24-hour emergency care, with either a physician or registered nurse on site with a physician D on call and able to arrive within 30 minutes. They must also have 25 beds maximum and be over 35 miles from the next hospital or 15 miles if the terrain is difficult. They provide access to care, but they do not improve access.

A Community Health Nurse Is Working with Several Rural Areas