Practice Question
A community health nurse is preparing an educational program about levels of prevention. Which of the following actions is an example of a secondary prevention intervention?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Performing hypertension screenings in a community center
Rationale:
💎 Secondary prevention focuses on early detection and treatment of disease.
💎 Screening identifies conditions before symptoms occur.
💎 This reduces progression and complications of disease.
💎 Hypertension screening helps initiate early lifestyle or medical interventions.
💎 This action fits the “detect and treat early” principle of secondary prevention.
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This question is from RN Community Health 2023 (2025) which contains 58 questions.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Community Health
- Answer Choices: 4