A public health nurse traces sexual contacts of clients with sexually transmitted diseases for screening and treatment.Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?

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Tracing individuals exposed to a client with a sexually transmitted disease is secondary prevention because the nurse is attempting to find those exposed and screen them.Once the exposed persons have been located,screening is another secondary prevention activity.Through tertiary prevention,the nurse is working to restore their health to the highest level possible.If the nurse were to provide direct care to the clients with sexually transmitted diseases this would be an example of tertiary prevention.The goal of primary prevention is to prevent the disease from occurring.Thus,when providing primary prevention the nurse could provide free condoms for sexually active persons or provide education about ways to prevent the tranmsission of these diseases.

A Public Health Nurse Traces Sexual Contacts of Clients with Sexually