A community health nurse is conducting an educational program for a group of community health nurses who are working as members of their local community disaster response teams. As part of the program, the nurse discusses primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities related to possible terrorism. Which activity would the nurse most likely emphasize as primary prevention?

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Community health nurses are in ideal situations within communities to provide primary prevention by participating in surveillance. They must look and listen within their communities for antigroup sentiments, for example, antireligion, antigay, or antiethnic feelings. The nurse should report any untoward activities accordingly. Secondary and tertiary prevention activities may include the community health nurse being called on to provide direct care to survivors, to volunteer as a hospital-community liaison, to set up and administer mass immunizations, to support shelters, to make home visits to affected families, to establish a case management system for survivors, or to serve on committees responding to terrorist acts.

A Community Health Nurse Is Conducting an Educational Program for a Group