A nurse wants to use the most important competency in community nursing.Which competency should the nurse use?

A) Caregiver
B) Case manager
C) Educator
D) Epidemiologist

The most important role is caregiving.Using the nursing process and critical thinking skills,a nurse develops appropriate,individualized nursing care for specific patients and their families.Case management means making an appropriate plan of care based on assessment of patients and families and coordinating needed resources and services for the patient's well-being across a continuum of care.Community-based nurses teach their patients individually or in groups.Community health nurses use basic principles of epidemiology,such as tracking health problems; collecting and analyzing data to identify disease trends,outbreaks of illnesses,and disease incidence rates; and planning strategies to prevent or contain outbreaks.