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Zorluk: KolayHealth Promotion and Disease Prevention

A nurse at a community health clinic is preparing to administer a scheduled influenza vaccine to a healthy 45-year-old client. The nurse understands that this intervention represents which level of disease prevention?

  1. Primary preventionCevap
  2. B
    Secondary prevention
  3. C
    Tertiary prevention
  4. D
    Health restoration

Cevap

Primary prevention
The correct answer is primary prevention because this level focuses on health promotion and protection against specific health problems before they occur. Immunizations, such as the influenza vaccine, are classic examples of primary prevention because their purpose is to protect healthy individuals from contracting an infectious disease.

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1
Analyze the client's current health status and the intervention being performed.
The client is healthy, and the intervention is the administration of an influenza vaccine.
Understanding the client's baseline and the purpose of the action helps classify the prevention level.
2
Recall the definitions of the three levels of health prevention.
Primary prevention prevents disease; secondary detects it early; tertiary manages an existing condition.
Matching the intervention to the correct definition is necessary to identify the correct level.
3
Apply the definitions to the specific intervention.
A vaccine is given to a healthy person to prevent a disease from occurring, which aligns exactly with primary prevention.
This confirms the clinical classification of the nursing action.

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Levels of Disease Prevention
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Konular

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

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