Which is the priority topic the nurse will include when teaching newly hired teachers at a child care center within the community?
1. How to take a temperature
2. The schedule for immunizations
3. How to interpret healthcare records
4. Principles of infection control
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Explanation:
1. While the teachers may need to monitor a child's temperature while working at the center, this is not the priority topic for the nurse to include in the teaching session.
2. While the teachers may need to review immunization records for the children, this is not the priority topic for the nurse to include in the teaching session.
3. While the teachers may need to review and interpret the children's healthcare records, this is not the priority topic for the nurse to include in the teaching session.
4. It is essential that teachers know principles of infection control to decrease the spread of germs that can cause disease in young children; therefore, this is the priority topic for the nurse to include in the teaching session.
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