Primary and secondary prevention. In Primary health prevention, the nurses should use skilled competence which are, collaboration, communication, assessment, and an advocate for the patient, and pays attension to both patient and the environment. Primary prevention is focused on the pursueing of segments of the population at risk and then providing informative programs(Townsend, 2011 p. 710 - 11). In this category where black falls within minority, diabetes is common among the blacks, primary education on nutrition, both in school and at home, exercise, teaching them not to spent all their day in front of the computer and avoid too much sugar intake are very important starting from elementary. Secondary health prevention is when the illness has already developed and the aim now is to control the symptoms or shorting course of the …show more content…
His son was the interpreter because patient does not speak English. Among the medications he was taking was lasix 40mg p.o. to pull excess fluid from the lungs and feet and legs. He was not happy with the frequency of urination. After few days he was discharged with few more days of lasix till his next one week visit, getting home, he had the opportunity of stopping the lasix and some other medication on his own despite the education on the benefits of the medications, a week later, instead of follow up doctor visit, he was brought back for