FNP Review Question
Health promotion and Disease
HEALTH PROMOTION/DISEASE AND DEATH PREVENTION
Primary Prevention (Prevention of Disease/Injury) Individual actions (healthy
individuals): Eat a nutritious diet, exercise, use seatbelts and helmets Gun safety: Use
safety locks for guns; keep guns out of reach of children/teens National programs:
Federal health-promotion/disease-prevention programs include immunizations, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s job safety laws, and
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) laws. Programs promote a healthy lifestyle for
youth (healthy diet, exercise, etc.) Building a youth center in an urban high-crime area
or a Habitat for Humanity (shelter). Aspirin prophylaxis for primary prevention of CVD
and colon cancer in adults aged 50 to 59 years who have a 10% risk or higher.
Secondary Prevention:
Screening tests (Pap smears, mammograms, CBC for anemia, etc.) Screening for
depression (interviewing a patient about feelings of sadness, hopelessness) Screening
for sexually transmitted infections (STIs; asking about sexual history, partners, signs
and symptoms) Screening for alcohol abuse (interviewing a patient using the CAGE
questionnaire) Testing for hepatitis C virus infection in a person with risk factors Having
a person with a history of MI, TIA, or stroke take an aspirin or statin daily (to prevent a
future stroke or MI)
Tertiary Prevention
Support groups: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), breast cancer support groups, HIV support
groups Education for patients with preexisting disease (i.e., diabetes, hypertension):
Avoidance of drug interactions, proper use of wheelchair or medical equipment, others
Rehabilitation: Cardiac rehabilitation, physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT)
Treatment of a person with hepatitis C virus infection Treatment of a person who has
already had a heart attack with daily aspirin (to prevent another heart attack)
2 questions on primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, Medication refill,
rehab (3rd) Tertiaary
Std tx- (gonorrhea and chlamydia and one ore but not sure the name)
Vaccine for kids
Hepatitis B birth
1mo hep B
2mo DTap, HIB, OPV/IPV
