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The school nurse during a vaccination clinic is being evaluated for community health nursing and communicable disease reporting. Assessment data include three families report similar gastrointestinal symptoms after a community meal. Using ABCs and Maslow, which need should the nurse address first?

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D. Airway, breathing, and circulation problems before comfort or psychosocial needs.

Why

Physiologic stability and ABCs take priority over comfort, teaching, or psychosocial needs when the client is unstable.

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