During a scheduled health maintenance visit for a 6-month-old infant the nurse asks, "Does the baby sit without assistance, and is the baby crawling?" Which process is the nurse using in this interaction?
1. Health promotion
2. Developmental surveillance
3. Health maintenance
4. Disease surveillance
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Explanation:
1. While health promotion activities are related to developmental surveillance, this question is looking specifically at the milestones.
2. The question asked by the nurse is seeking information about developmental milestones; therefore, the nurse is involved in developmental surveillance.
3. While health maintenance activities are related to developmental surveillance, this question is looking specifically at the milestones.
4. These questions are not classified as disease surveillance questions.
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