When applying the Minnesota Model of Public Health Interventions: Applications for Public Health Nursing Practice steps of surveillance, what initial action would the nurse take?
a. Analyze data.
b. Consider whether surveillance as an intervention is appropriate to the situation.
c. Evaluate the impact of the surveillance.
d. Collect data.
B
The first step in this model considers whether the surveillance was appropriate.
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