Public health nursing is guided by priorities identified through an assessment of community health as described by Assumption 4. This includes:
A) Community assessment to define one problem that nurses will focus on for any given year.
B) The definition of community is a social network of interacting individuals usually in a defined territory.
C) Prevention strategies are used to minimize the effects of occurrences from the last year.
D) Public health nurses intervene at the population level only after doing community assessments.

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Assumption 4 states that public health nursing is guided by priorities identified through an assessment of community health, and the definition of community is a social network of interacting individuals usually in a defined territory. Therefore, option B is the correct choice. Option A is incorrect as it suggests that nurses only focus on one problem per year, which is not necessarily true. Option C is incorrect as prevention strategies may not always be based on occurrences from the previous year. Option D is also incorrect as public health nurses may intervene at both the population and individual levels, depending on the situation.

Public Health Nursing Is Guided by Priorities Identified Through an Assessment