Which of the following does not describe the focus of acute care nursing?
a. acute care is aimed at disease detection in a presymptomatic stage
b. acute care is a component of primary prevention
c. acute care is aimed at preventing complica-tions in patients with symptomatic chronic disease
d. acute care is a component of secondary prevention
B
Acute care activities address the challenges of conditions associated with failures of secondary and tertiary prevention. Acute care is aimed at disease detection in a presymptomatic stage or preventing complications in patients with symptomatic chronic disease.
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