Primary Care
This type of prevention focuses on stopping disease before it occurs, using tools like immunizations, community education, and health screenings.
What is primary prevention?
Screening a student for dating violence after observing unexplained bruises is an example of this level of prevention.
What is secondary prevention?
This chronic respiratory condition is more prevalent in urban children due to poor air quality and high pollution levels.
What is asthma?
This invisible, odorless gas is deadly in enclosed spaces and is often released by malfunctioning heaters or stoves.
What is carbon monoxide?
This federal agency is responsible for setting and enforcing workplace safety regulations in the U.S.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
Providing flu vaccinations and promoting hand hygiene are examples of this type of routine preventive practice.
What is health protection?
These immunization requirements are mandated by this level of government to ensure public health and safety in schools.
What is the state government?
Residents in rural communities often struggle to access medical services due to this geographical and infrastructural limitation.
What is limited access to healthcare facilities?
Limited access to this type of food in disadvantaged communities contributes to obesity and poor nutrition.
What is fresh produce?
This condition, caused by repetitive hand motions like typing, leads to pain and numbness in the wrist and hand.
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
To address the primary care provider shortage in the U.S., this group of healthcare professionals is having their scope of practice expanded.
Who are Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs)?
To support a student with asthma, the school nurse develops this type of plan to ensure proper care during the school day.
What is an individualized healthcare plan (IHP)?
This type of mobile service brings preventive care and screenings directly to underserved rural populations.
What are mobile health clinics?
Unlike point or mobile sources, this type of pollution comes from multiple small sites within an area, such as several businesses in an industrial zone.
What are area sources?
Designing ergonomic workspaces to avoid injury is an example of this level of prevention.
What is primary prevention?
In primary care, this role reduces duplication of services, prevents hospital readmissions, and improves client outcomes by coordinating individualized care.
What is a case manager?
To protect students with food allergies, the school nurse may implement these designated areas in cafeterias or classrooms.
What are allergen-free zones?
This virtual method allows rural clients to connect with healthcare providers without needing to travel long distances.
What is telehealth?
When concerned about lead exposure in a home, this is the most appropriate nursing action.
What is conducting a home assessment and referring the family to a lead poisoning prevention program?
This OSHA standard ensures that employees are informed about chemical hazards through labels, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and training.
What is the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)?
These centers, run by APRNs, focus on primary and preventive care in underserved communities and are not limited to insured clients or emergency care.
What are nurse-managed health centers?
This model promotes student wellness by integrating physical health, mental health, and community engagement.
What is the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model?
This approach to research emphasizes equal partnership between researchers and community members to ensure culturally relevant and collaborative outcomes.
What is community-based participatory research (CBPR)?
This index helps track daily air pollution levels and assess health risks, especially for individuals with respiratory conditions.
What is the Air Quality Index (AQI)?
This protective item, combined with standing in designated safe areas, is the most effective way for nurses to reduce radiation exposure.
What is a lead apron?