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A nurse suspects that a 9-year-old girl who is in the office today regarding a sprained wrist has been physically abused. The nurse would like to screen the girl for signs of abuse. The girl's father is in the examination room. What should the nurse do in this situation?

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Ask the little girl how it happened and if she hesitates to answer ask the dad to step outside and talk to her and see if she is will talk to you personally and privately and if she doesn’t say anything bad happened then you can’t force her to say anything so just give her x-rays and just go on about your day and if she was to come in again for something similar then you could possibly get another nurse to help find out why she keeps coming in with “sprained” bones
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call the police

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