The nursing instructor enters a classroom to begin class and finds two students yelling and physically assaulting each other. Which intervention by the instructor would be most appropriate?
A. Walking out of the classroom and asking the secretary to call security, then telling all of the students to leave and go to the nursing laboratory
B. Getting the class to leave with her and sending everyone to the nursing laboratory, then calling security to the classroom and reentering to observe what is happening with the two students.
C. Telling the class, "Take a break. I'll come and get you to restart class as soon as I can," then closing the classroom door, refusing to let anyone else in, and asking a passing instructor to get security
D. Telling the class to go to the nursing laboratory at once, then asking a student to tell the nursing secretary to have security come to the classroom, and asking the students who are fighting to stop fighting and take their seats
Ans: D. Telling the class to go to the nursing laboratory at once, then asking a student to tell the nursing secretary to have security come to the classroom, and asking the students who are fighting to stop fighting and take their seats
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