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The community health nurse at a public health clinic is being evaluated for community health nursing and environmental health. Assessment data include a client with active tuberculosis missed two public health appointments. Which nursing action is the priority to keep the client safe?

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Stay with the client, remove immediate hazards, reassess, and escalate per facility safety protocol.Leave the client alone to promote independence while finishing charting.Apply the first intervention in the policy manual without a current assessment.Apply restraints without assessing less restrictive safety options first.

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A. Stay with the client, remove immediate hazards, reassess, and escalate per facility safety protocol.

Why

Client safety requires direct assessment, hazard reduction, and timely escalation rather than assumptions, abandonment, or policy-only actions.

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The community health nurse at a public health clinic is being evaluated for community health nursing and environmental health. Assessment data include a client with active tuberculosis missed two public health appointments. Which nursing action is the priority to keep the client safe?

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