At a local health fair, the community nurse is educating the public on poison-control strategies. Which strategy should the nurse emphasize as the most important to follow?
1. Keeping the Poison Control Hotline number handy
2. Preventing potential household poisoning
3. Identifying household poisons
4. Maintaining a stockpile of selected antidotes
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Making sure the Poison Control Hotline number is always accessible is important, but another strategy is more critical.
Rationale 2: Educating the community about accidental poisoning is an important part of community health nursing. Prevention is the first line of defense against accidental poisoning.
Rationale 3: Identification of household poisons is important but is not the most effective strategy.
Rationale 4: Storing antidotes is not recommended for the public.
Global Rationale: Educating the community about accidental poisoning is an important part of community health nursing. Prevention is the first line of defense against accidental poisoning. Having emergency phone numbers handy and identifying household poisons are good interventions, but not as important as basic information about prevention. Storing antidotes is not recommended for the public.
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