N3CN3 EXAM LATEST
What levels of prevention use an upstream approach using the
identification of potential risk factors and the mobilization of policy
and public awareness to avoid injury or illness?
- Primordial
- Primary
What is primordial prevention?
- Preventing risk factors from existing
- At policy level
- Disease or injury has not yet occurred in the population
- eg. reducing access to tobacco products
What is primary prevention?
- Intervening with target populations to reduce the risk of disease or
injury through health promotion activities and protective action
- Disease or injury has not yet occurred in the population
eg. public education to help stop the spread of STIs in all age groups,
promoting safe nutrition
What is secondary prevention?
- Purpose is to halt an illness if possible, or slow progression of disease
through therapeutic treatments and medications
- Includes screening and monitoring interventions
eg. pap smear for cervical cancer, blood pressure
What is tertiary prevention?
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- Goal is to limit disability and rehabilitate or restore the affected person
to the maximum possible capability, maximize their quality of life, and
meet their self-identified goals
eg. rehabilitation for people who have experienced a stroke or
counselling for a rape victim
What is quaternary prevention?
- Involves identifying people who may be at risk for medical mishaps,
such as untested treatments or over-medicalization, to address issues
such as patient safety
- Involves using EIDM to guide practice
eg. at population level. recognition of the trauma incurred in a
population affected by a natural disaster, consulting with them, and
minimizing their over-exposure to population health assessments or
research on their experience
What does not qualify as community health nursing?
- User-paid services
- Specialized/tertiary care centres that take place in community
What qualifies as community health nursing?
- Public Health
- Primary Care
- Home Health
- Street
- Military
What is a windshield survey?
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What levels of prevention use an upstream approach using the
identification of potential risk factors and the mobilization of policy
and public awareness to avoid injury or illness?
- Primordial
- Primary
What is primordial prevention?
- Preventing risk factors from existing
- At policy level
- Disease or injury has not yet occurred in the population
- eg. reducing access to tobacco products
What is primary prevention?
- Intervening with target populations to reduce the risk of disease or
injury through health promotion activities and protective action
- Disease or injury has not yet occurred in the population
eg. public education to help stop the spread of STIs in all age groups,
promoting safe nutrition
What is secondary prevention?
- Purpose is to halt an illness if possible, or slow progression of disease
through therapeutic treatments and medications
- Includes screening and monitoring interventions
eg. pap smear for cervical cancer, blood pressure
What is tertiary prevention?
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, N3CN3 EXAM LATEST
- Goal is to limit disability and rehabilitate or restore the affected person
to the maximum possible capability, maximize their quality of life, and
meet their self-identified goals
eg. rehabilitation for people who have experienced a stroke or
counselling for a rape victim
What is quaternary prevention?
- Involves identifying people who may be at risk for medical mishaps,
such as untested treatments or over-medicalization, to address issues
such as patient safety
- Involves using EIDM to guide practice
eg. at population level. recognition of the trauma incurred in a
population affected by a natural disaster, consulting with them, and
minimizing their over-exposure to population health assessments or
research on their experience
What does not qualify as community health nursing?
- User-paid services
- Specialized/tertiary care centres that take place in community
What qualifies as community health nursing?
- Public Health
- Primary Care
- Home Health
- Street
- Military
What is a windshield survey?
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