A nursing instructor is discussing the fundamental concepts of community health nursing with a group of students. The instructor recognizes that the students understand the discussion by identifying which entity as the primary client?

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It was proposed by Mundinger and Jauron that the use of nursing diagnoses in the community could be formulated by substituting the terms, client, family, group, or aggregate for the word patient. Community health nurses look for evidence of all kinds of needs that relate to or influence a client's levels of wellness. Needs cover the whole span of the health illness continuum and the total person, family, group, aggregate, population, or community-the total system. Not all clients are communities. They may be individuals or families. Not all clients are in the category of groups, aggregates, or populations. A client can be an individual or a family. When using the epidemiological triad, there are three components: host, agent, and environment. A client would be considered the host. An agent is a factor that causes or contributes to a health problem or condition.

A Nursing Instructor Is Discussing the Fundamental Concepts of Community