A faith community nurse is available for health counseling with ...

[Lisaclaire]

A faith community nurse is available for health counseling with teens before and after youth ac-tivities. Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
 
  a. Primary prevention
  b. Secondary prevention
  c. Tertiary prevention
  d. Assessment

Question 2

A faith community nurse is implementing a primary prevention strategy. Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely implement?
 
  a. Providing health assessments and coun-seling during a home visit for a client who just had surgery
  b. Writing house of worship newsletter arti-cles about healthy food choices
  c. Assisting in making behavioral changes for a person who is abusing alcohol
  d. Doing blood pressure screenings after church one Sunday

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Secondary prevention focuses on early detection and prompt treatment of disease, injury, or dis-abilityproviding health counseling with teenagers (an at risk population). Primary prevention aims to prevent disease, injury, or disability before it occurs. Tertiary prevention aims for rehabil-itation and treatment. Assessment is not a level of prevention.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Writing house of worship newsletter articles informing the faith community about healthy food choices would classify as primary prevention. Providing health assessments and counseling for a client who just had surgery and assisting in making behavioral changes for a person who is abus-ing alcohol are examples of tertiary prevention (treatment and rehabilitation). Doing blood pres-sure screenings after church one Sunday is an example of secondary prevention (screening).