NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Health Promotion and Maintenance Questions
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A day care center has asked the nurse to provide education for parents regarding safety in the home. What type of preventive care does this represent?
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Rationale: Primary prevention involves activities that are utilized to promote wellness or prevent illness or injury. There are many dangers in the home for small children. Providing education regarding the need for safety measures to prevent injury in the home is considered primary prevention. Secondary prevention involves early detection of a disease or illness and quick intervention to aid the client in maintenance of the disease or injury. Tertiary prevention involves the reduction of a disability and the promotion of the highest level of functioning for a client in relation to his or her disease or injury. Health promotion is any activity that increases a client's health and wellness.
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