What is a stated outcome of community-based nursing?

• A. Improved access to care
• B. Shorter hospital stays universally
• C. Higher admission rates
• D. More centralized care

Answer: (C)

Community-based nursing centers on delivering care where people live and interact, making health services more accessible and easier to use. Bringing care closer to individuals reduces barriers like transportation, cost, and scheduling, so people can obtain preventive and primary care more readily. That is why improved access to care is the stated outcome—it reflects the main goal of moving services into the community to reach underserved or hard-to-reach populations.

The other options don’t fit as well. Shorter hospital stays universally isn’t guaranteed and depends on many medical factors; higher admission rates would go against the aim of managing care in the community to prevent unnecessary hospital use; and more centralized care runs counter to the decentralized, local focus of community-based nursing.