The nurse is preparing an educational plan for parents about how to protect their children if a bioterrorist attack occurs. What is the best information to include?
1. "Don't worry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has everything under control."
2. "Plan to call the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) if an attack occurs."
3. "Follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for immunizations."
4. "Realistically, there is nothing that can be done."
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale: One of the roles of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to publicize recommendations for immunizations. Telling parents not to worry and that the CDC has everything under control is non-therapeutic and condescending information. Telling the parents that nothing can be done is not true, and would leave the parents feeling very powerless. Phone lines to the CDC would be overwhelmed during an attack, so calling them would elicit no information.
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