PRIMARY CARE: THE ART AND
SCIENCE OF ADVANCE PRACTICE
NURSING CHAPTER 3 2024
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
health promotion - ANSWER can be defined as activities and preventive measures that contribute to an
individual's state of optimal health.
Pivotal role in educating the patient and the community about health-promoting behaviors
Primary prevention - ANSWER Primary prevention: the prevention of disease (i.e. immunizations,
prenatal care, and dental fluoride).
Secondary prevention: - ANSWER early screening and detection of disease (i.e. mammography and
colonoscopy)
Tertiary prevention: - ANSWER the restoration of health after illness or disease has occurred (i.e. use of
anti-hypertensives or cholesterol lowering medications).
Screening - ANSWER early signs of chronic disease surface in midlife or between 40 and 65 years.
Nonmodifiable risk factors - ANSWER include sex, age, and genetic/family history.
Nonmodifiable - ANSWER means the risk factors cannot be changed in any way.
Health literacy - ANSWER is commonly defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to
obtain, process, and understand basic information and services needed to make appropriate decisions
regarding their health (Affordable Care Act, 2010).
Many instruments are available to assess a person's level of health literacy - ANSWER •Newest Vital
Scale (N V S) instrument;
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