The community health nurse is developing a plan of secondary prevention activities. Which actions would the nurse incorporate into the plan? Select all that apply.

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Secondary prevention activities are those used to detect and treat existing health problems at the earliest possible stage, when disease or impairment is already present. Activities may include hypertension and cholesterol screening programs to identify high-risk individuals and encourage early treatment to prevent heart attacks or stroke. Other examples are encouraging breast and testicular self-examination, regular mammograms, and Pap smears for early detection of possible cancers and providing skin testing for tuberculosis (in infants at 1 year of age and periodically throughout life, with increasing frequency for high-risk groups). Secondary prevention attempts to discover a health problem at a point when intervention may lead to its control or eradication.

The Community Health Nurse Is Developing a Plan of Secondary