Question

A nurse manager at a clinic is reviewing the preventive services offered to clients. Which of the following activities should the nurse identify as secondary prevention activity?

1. Advocate for laws that prohibit texting while driving

2. provide a smoking cessation class

3. refer a client who is recovering from substance abuse disorder to a social service program

4. Encourage a pregnant client to participate in prenatal care

Answer 1

In this the nurse identity the secondary prevention as,

# provide smoking cessation class . # refer client who is recovering from substance . abuse disorder to a social service programme

Because secondary prevention deals with preventive measures that leads to early diagnosis and prompt treatment. In this the nurse manager reviewing the preventive services offered to the client. So the nurse should take care of the patient to a social service programme to give awareness to the client after effect of smoking and the preventive measures. Also the patient must under go a smoking cessation class to get psychological support to keep away himself from smoking.