The psychiatric nurse plans to conduct workshops to teach job skills to clients with mental illness. This would be considered which type of prevention?
1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
4. Quaternary
ANS: 3
Tertiary prevention reduces the residual effects of the disorder. There is no quaternary level of prevention. Primary prevention reduces occurrences of mental disorders, and secondary preven-tion reduces the prevalence of disorders.
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