A nurse in the occupational health arena is implementing a secondary prevention strategy. Which of the following best describes the action that was taken by the nurse?

Question

a. Providing education on safety in the workplace to prevent injury
b. Working with chronically diabetic workers to ensure appropriate medications
c. Screening for hearing loss resulting from noise levels in the plants
d. Ensuring that a person with cardiovascular disease attends a rehab program

Answer 1

ANS: C
Secondary prevention occurs after a disease process has already begun—screening for hearing loss. Tertiary prevention includes those interventions aimed at disability limitation and rehabilita-tion from disease, injury, or disability—working with chronically diabetic workers and ensuring that a person with cardiovascular disease attends rehab. Primary prevention is aimed at preven-tion of a disease before it occurs—providing education on safety in the workplace to prevent in-jury.