A faith community nurse is implementing a primary prevention strategy. Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely implement?
a. Providing health assessments and coun-seling during a home visit for a client who just had surgery
b. Writing house of worship newsletter arti-cles about healthy food choices
c. Assisting in making behavioral changes for a person who is abusing alcohol
d. Doing blood pressure screenings after church one Sunday
ANS: B
Writing house of worship newsletter articles informing the faith community about healthy food choices would classify as primary prevention. Providing health assessments and counseling for a client who just had surgery and assisting in making behavioral changes for a person who is abus-ing alcohol are examples of tertiary prevention (treatment and rehabilitation). Doing blood pres-sure screenings after church one Sunday is an example of secondary prevention (screening).
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