The community health nurse is developing a plan of primary prevention activities. Which of the following might the nurse include? Select all that apply
A) Teaching about safe-sex practices to high school students
B) Encouraging older adults to install safety devices in the bathroom
C) Providing regular immunization programs for communicable diseases
D) Participating in cholesterol screening programs at health fairs
E) Providing skin testing for tuberculosis for children over 1 year of age
F) Working with a group testing water samples for contamination
Ans: A, B, C
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