A nurse is assessing the safety in the community using primary data. Which of the following data would be useful for the nurse to collect? (Select all that apply.)
a. Number of billboards in the area
b. Interviews with health care providers who are familiar with the community
c. Observation of community members
d. Nurse's own observations
e. Morbidity and mortality rates
ANS: B, C, D
Other nurses, social workers, health care providers, community members, and the nurse's own observations are reliable sources of information about the safety of an area. The number of bill-boards would not be important data to collect when assessing for safety in the community. Mor-bidity and mortality rates would be considered secondary data.
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