A nurse wants to work in the community providing secondary prevention activities. Which action would this nurse choose to do?
A.
Educate teenage girls about birth control options.
B.
Provide STD/STI testing at the local youth center.
C.
Staff the county health department flu shot clinic.
D.
Volunteer to drive cancer patients to receive their treatments.
ANS: B
Secondary prevention is screening, early detection, and prompt treatment for health problems. Testing youths for STD/STIs is an example of secondary prevention. Primary prevention includes activities designed to keep health problems from happening. It often includes education. Educating teenage girls about birth control options will (hopefully) prevent unintentional pregnancies and is an example of primary prevention. Likewise, staffing the flu shot clinic is also an example of primary prevention. Tertiary prevention attempts to restore health to its highest level of functioning. Driving cancer patients to their treatments is an example of tertiary prevention.
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