A Community/public Health Nurse Wants to Use Key Informants to Gather

question 1

Multiple Choice

A community/public health nurse wants to use key informants to gather additional information.Which of the following actions would be useful to perform first?

• A)Sending an e-mail message to all community residents
• B)Conducting a focus group with informal leaders from the community
• C)Publishing a survey in the local newspaper
• D)Requesting that children's parents complete a survey

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, groups, or even nations to cope with realities and to maintain self-image.

Reaction Formation

A psychological defense mechanism where an individual unconsciously replaces unacceptable thoughts or feelings with their opposites.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies employed by individuals, often unconsciously, to protect themselves from anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or situations.

Denial

A psychological strategy where an individual evades facing a personal issue or accepting the truth by rejecting the presence of the problem or reality.