In the healthcare setting, there is definitely a difference between treating and preventing.
Although both have evolved over the years, both are important too. In treating someone it is very important that you take all the measures in order to have a successful turnaround. When preventing, it is most important that things are done in a specific time frame so that there is not any treatment involved. Treating an individual is the point in which you hope for recovery, if not there could possibly be a long-term effect. Prevention in healthcare is having the necessary precautions to prevent a disease or injury from occurring. According to the reading, treatment was more important in the eighteenth century (Williams & Torrens, 2008). At that
Although both have evolved over the years, both are important too. In treating someone it is very important that you take all the measures in order to have a successful turnaround. When preventing, it is most important that things are done in a specific time frame so that there is not any treatment involved. Treating an individual is the point in which you hope for recovery, if not there could possibly be a long-term effect. Prevention in healthcare is having the necessary precautions to prevent a disease or injury from occurring. According to the reading, treatment was more important in the eighteenth century (Williams & Torrens, 2008). At that