A health promotion program was offered at a local school. Immediately after the program, the nurse gave a posttest to evaluate what the children learned.
The nurse was measuring:

Primary prevention aims to prevent disease or injury before it ever occurs by preventing exposures to hazards that cause disease or injury, altering unhealthy or unsafe behaviors that can lead to disease or injury, and increasing resistance to disease or injury should exposure occur.

Applying sunscreen prior to walking on the beach is an example of primary prevention because it helps prevent skin damage from sun exposure.

Choice A is incorrect because tertiary prevention aims to soften the impact of an ongoing illness or injury that has lasting effects.

Choice B is incorrect because secondary prevention aims to reduce the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred.

Choice D is incorrect because maximizing dietary intake is not related to the application of sunscreen.

Before determining the learning needs of your clients, it is important to collect and review data from an assessment.

This can help you identify the learner, choose the right setting, collect data about the learner, involve members of the healthcare team, prioritize needs, and determine the availability of educational resources.

Choice A is not the correct answer because evaluating learning outcomes is done after determining learning needs.

Choice B is not the correct answer because selecting teaching strategies is done after determining learning needs.

Choice C is not the correct answer because writing learning objectives using Bloom’s taxonomy is done after determining learning needs.