The nurse wishes to participate in a community secondary prevention activity. Which activity does the nurse choose?
a. Administering blood pressure screening at a mall
b. Dispensing free flu vaccinations at a clinic
c. Fitting impoverished older adults with glasses
d. Teaching about the risks of sun exposure
A
Secondary prevention is screening and early diagnosis. It aims to find people with clinical condi-tions that have not yet become apparent to them. Blood pressure screening would fit this descrip-tion. Flu vaccinations and teaching about sun exposure are examples of primary prevention. Fit-ting older adults with glasses is a tertiary prevention.
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