Which of the following activities best reflects a public health nurse's role in the public health function of assessment?
A) Prioritizing the issues of a community to determine appropriate interventions
B) Evaluating for potential safety hazards in a childcare center
C) Ensuring that children in a day care center are properly immunized
D) Working with officials to develop a program for solving a problem
Ans: A
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1. A matter of public record. 2. Kept confidential by the board. 3. Available only to employers. 4. Part of a closed court record.
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a. the person, health, and the environment. b. pathophysiology and the curing of disease. c. physicians, patients, and pathophysiology. d. community, biology, and curing.
A group of grade-school children is going camping. As a school nurse, you would offer them which advice to prevent Lyme disease?
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