A nurse has set up a workshop in the senior community center to teach the residents who are newly diagnosed with diabetes how to manage their disease and inject insulin
The nurse documents this on the paperwork to the nursing manager as which type of intervention?
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Quaternary prevention
ANS: C
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