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A nurse in charge of an assisted living complex that includes independent living apartments understands the unique needs of individuals of this age group.
 
  In planning health promotion strategies, the nurse takes which of the following factors into consideration?
  1. Rest and exercise
  2. Adjusting to physiologic changes and limitations
  3. High obesity percentages
  4. Safety promotion and injury prevention

Question 2

A nurse educator takes students into the school system and provides developmental testing for kindergarten through third grade. The nurse educator and students are providing care at which level of prevention?
 
  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  3. Tertiary
  4. Community



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Rest and exercise are life span considerations of children.
Rationale 2: In the elderly population, health promotion and illness prevention are important, but the focus is often on learning to adapt to and live with increasing changes and limitations. Maximizing strengths continues to be of prime importance in maintaining optimal function and quality of life.
Rationale 3: In the elderly population, health promotion and illness prevention are important, but the focus is often on learning to adapt to and live with increasing changes and limitations. Maximizing strengths continues to be of prime importance in maintaining optimal function and quality of life. Rest and exercise as are High obesity percentages are life span considerations of children.
Rationale 4: Safety promotion and injury prevention are life span considerations for adolescents.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Primary prevention is true health promotion and precedes disease or dysfunction.
Rationale 2: Secondary prevention emphasizes early detection of disease and health maintenance for individuals experiencing health problems. This would include providing assessment of the growth and development of children.
Rationale 3: Tertiary prevention begins after an illness, when a defect or disability is fixed, stabilized, or determined to be irreversible.
Rationale 4: Community health is a broad category that includes many facets. It is not a level of prevention.



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