Test-Bank-Nutrition-and-Diet-Therapy-7th-Edition

1. A nurse is leading a seminar with middle school students on healthy food choices at the community health center every Tuesday. The nurse knows that the seminar is a form of: 1. Secondary prevention 2. Primary prevention 3. Tertiary prevention 4. Complication prevention ANS: 2 Chapter: Chapter 1, Nutrition in Human Health Objective: A. Describe the relationship between nutrition and health. Page: 3 Heading: The Language of Nutrition: Disease Prevention Integrated Processes: Teaching and Learning Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Application Concept: Nutrition Difficulty: Moderate Feedback 1 This is incorrect. Secondary prevention is the establishment of monitoring techniques to discover diseases early enough to provide the opportunity to control their effects. 2 This is correct. The information the nurse presents to the class is considered a primary prevention level of disease prevention. The nurse is teaching about nutritional changes that can prevent diseases caused by overeating. 3 This is incorrect. Tertiary prevention is the use of treatment techniques after disease has occurred to prevent further complication. 4 This is incorrect. The class is about the different categories of disease prevention. Actions meant to prevent complications or to promote maximum adaptation would be considered tertiary prevention. PTS: 1 CON: Nutrition