While providing care to a family at a local center, the community health nurse contacts the local department of social services to help the family attain assistance with health insurance coverage and a list of pharmacies to get their prescriptions filled. The nurse is acting in which role?

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The nurse is acting in the role of advocate, by pleading their cause and acting on their behalf. The nurse acts as an advocate by showing clients what services are available, the ones to which they are entitled, and how to obtain them. As an educator, the nurse is the health teacher and provides information to community clients. As a leader, the nurse directs, influences, or persuades others to effect change that will positively impact people's health and move them toward a goal. In the clinician role, the nurse ensures the provision of health care services to individuals, families, groups, and populations.

While Providing Care to a Family at a Local Center