The nurse is working in a low-income neighborhood as a home health nurse. The nurse notes that the children's playground has broken equipment, which the children continue to play on. What action might the nurse take as a public advocate?
1. Call the police to report the owner's neglect.
2. Contact the owner of the playground about safety issues.
3. Alert the parents to keep the children off the playground.
4. No action is required; this is a civil problem beyond the realm of the nurse.
2. Contact the owner of the playground about safety issues.
Rationale:
Prevention of injury to clients is very much a part of nursing. The nurse should initially contact the owner, and if that does not work, write an article or talk to a town council person. The police are a protection against crime and are not likely to do anything about the situation. Alerting the parents is a possibility, but the objective here is to make the playground safe. Civil problem or not, the nurse has an obligation to protect the neighborhood children from injury and should act on it.
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