The nurse provides footwear and gloves to leprosy clients to prevent trauma to their insensitive and deformed hands and feet. Which of the following best describes the intervention used by the nurse?
a. Primary level of prevention
b. Secondary level of prevention
c. Tertiary level of prevention
d. Primary health care
ANS: C
Tertiary prevention reduces complications through treatment and rehabilitation. Primary preven-tion seeks to reduce the incidence of disease by preventing occurrence. Secondary prevention seeks to prevent the spread of infection and/or disease once it occurs. Primary health care is con-sidered to be the essential health care services provided by physicians and other health care pro-viders.
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