A community health nurse notices that a client with a disability has not undergone breast cancer screening for quite a few years due to a lack of accessible equipment and personnel at the local clinic. The nurse works with the clinic to obtain appropriate equipment to facilitate screening as well as ensuring that adequate personnel are available to help with the screening. The nurse is assuming which role?

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When working with the clinic to ensure adequate equipment and personnel to facilitate the screening, the nurse is acting in the role of advocate. The nurse would act in the researcher role by contacting other clinics to investigate if they were having similar issues. The researcher role may also be used again to collect data about screenings done in future years to evaluate the effect. The nurse would act as a coordinator by arranging transportation or the necessary services to get the individuals to the clinic for the screening. The nurse would act as the educator by providing information to the population about the importance of screening as well as getting the word out in the community about the program.

A Community Health Nurse Notices That a Client with a Disability