To effectively use the nursing primary prevention model, it is most important for a nurse to have knowledge of:
a. personality types.
b. psychiatric medications.
c. normal growth and development.
d. the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic categories.
C
Knowledge of normal growth and development is necessary for assessing a person's functioning and for choosing appropriate preventive nursing interventions.
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