A young-adult client visits the medical unit with his father for his scheduled checkup. The ...

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The nurse is following secondary prevention, which includes screening for risk factors and providing a means for early diagnosis of disease. An example is regularly measuring the blood pressure of a client with a family history of hypertension. Primary prevention involves eliminating the potential for illness before it occurs. Tertiary prevention minimizes the consequences of a disorder through aggressive rehabilitation or appropriate management of the disease. Note that there is no general guidance level of prevention.