Objectives for school health programs include all of the following except
1. Diagnosis and treatment of conditions that might impede learning.
2. Encouragement of health care to correct remedial defects.
3. Prevention and control of infectious disease.
4. Provision of contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancy.
5. Provision of emergency care for injury or sudden illness.
Question 2
Sam Carson is an RN at a large urban elementary school. Which of the following tasks and interventions is he least likely to perform on a routine basis?
1. Administering BID tube feedings to a child with cerebral palsy
2. Assisting parents to identify a source for free or reduced-fee dental care for a child with severe dental caries
3. Investigating a case of suspected child abuse based on a teacher's suspicion
4. Providing Ritalin to a child with attention deficit disorder based on parental request
5. Teaching a class on growth and maturation to a group of 6th graders
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