A Nurse Is Implementing a Primary Prevention Strategy to Address

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nurse is implementing a primary prevention strategy to address abuse in the community.Which of the following actions is the nurse most likely taking?

• A) Encouraging others to interfere when they see children hit or hurt in a public place
• B) Referring caregivers to community respite centers if abuse is beginning to occur
• C) Lobbying for passage of legislation to outlaw physical punishment in schools
• D) Screening each pregnant woman privately for intimate partner abuse

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