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The school nurse during a vaccination clinic is being evaluated for community health nursing and disaster preparedness. Assessment data include a home visit reveals no working smoke detectors and medications stored on the floor. 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.Delegate the initial assessment and clinical judgment to unlicensed assistive personnel.Leave the client alone to promote independence while finishing charting.Apply the first intervention in the policy manual without a current assessment.

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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 school nurse during a vaccination clinic is being evaluated for community health nursing and disaster preparedness. Assessment data include a home visit reveals no working smoke detectors and medications stored on the floor. Which nursing action is the priority to keep the client safe?

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