A client has had a severe brain injury and has been in a rehabilitation hospital for several months.Recently,the client developed pneumonia and is currently on intravenous antibiotic therapy.Which level of prevention should the nurse use to address the health problem of pneumonia?

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The client already has pneumonia, indicating that primary prevention measures were not successful in preventing the illness. Therefore, the appropriate level of prevention at this stage is secondary prevention, which focuses on early detection and treatment of the illness to prevent further complications. Tertiary prevention would focus on rehabilitation and minimizing the impact of the illness after it has already occurred, and acute care refers to the initial treatment of a health problem, which has already passed in this scenario.

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