The school nurse is planning a meeting with family whose school-age child has asthma to develop an action plan to control or minimize the untoward effects of acute asthma episodes. Which level of prevention is the nurse implementing?

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The school nurse is working with a family who lives with chronic illness daily. The implementation of an asthma action plan is to control symptoms and perhaps minimize school absences related to acute episodes. This type of implementation would be classified as tertiary. Primary prevention aims to prevent disease or injury before it ever occurs. Secondary prevention aims to reduce the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred. Health promotion measures falls under primary prevention.

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