The senior nursing students of the local college helped with a health screening. At the student meeting, the instructor suggested that the students plan to do all the screenings they could,
based upon the equipment and supplies they could personally carry to the site. What equipment or supplies should the students take?
A. Audiometer, vision chart, tape measure, scale, stethoscope, sphygmomanometer, consent forms, and some paper-and-pencil assessment tools
B. Everything in their nursing skills laboratory and just borrow a large van
C. Everything the local hospital would let them borrow, including an ambulance with which to carry the equipment
D. Their own personal equipment as well as their textbooks with which to answer any questions
ANS: A
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