Identify your selected core measure and describe its essential components.

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Discussion 1: The Nurses Role in Promoting Health
Heart disease diabetes and cancer are three very difficult and challenging diseases. Nurses through their knowledge and support can play an important role in how the individual patient responds both physically and emotionally to the challenges of the disease.
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Select one core measure and reflect on how that measure is implemented in nursing practice. Then address the following:
Identify your selected core measure and describe its essential components.
Discuss the implications for the BSN nurses role when implementing this core measure.
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