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levels of prevention prevent diseases, detect diseases, and manage existing illnesses
primary prevention preventing injury or disease before it occurs; think prevent problems prior to
development (ex. vaccine clinics or use of seatbelts)
, how does primary prevention keep community limits potential outbreaks/disease & stops potential injuries before they can
members safe? happen
secondary prevention health and wellness screenings for early detection of disease or condition;
think screen early to catch (ex. mammograms, colonoscopies, routine
bloodwork, annual physicals)
how does secondary prevention keep community detects cancer/serious disease, identify new/evolving changes, & identify
members safe? disease/outbreak in community
tertiary prevention condition or disease already exists and focus on treatment & management to
prevent worsening; tertiary think treatment (ex. hypertension diagnosis called
for antihypertensives & low sodium diet)
nursing process steps assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation,
evaluation
analysis in nursing process individualized to the patient & protocols can be used but critically think
according to individuals (analyze cues)
implementation in nursing process nursing actions, can be collaborative or delegated interventions (general
solutions/take actions)
assessment definition collection of data for identifying actual/potential health problems; observation,
interviewing, and examination (recognizing cues)
assessment purpose establish baseline info on a patient, determine normal function, determine risk
of dysfunction, determine presence or absence of dysfunction, determine
patient's strengths, provide data for diagnosis
how is assessment performed? through collection of data, validation of data, & organization of data
types of assessments admission, focus, time-lapse reassessment, & emergency
admission assessment initial assessment to determine status, identify concerns, & provide database
focus assessment data on identified problem (does it exist still or has it changed?)
time-lapse reassessment determines status of problem identified over longer periods of time
emergency assessment during life-threatening situations (not as comprehensive as other assessments)
cues in assessing need to be gathered during assessment for info about patient's health status
(signs or symptoms) that can be objective or subjective
clinical skills for assessing observation, interviewing, & physical examination
observing using all senses to notice patient cues (especially vision, smell, hearing, &
touch)
interviewing interaction/communication process for gathering info by questioning &
information exchange