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2. What Is Preventive Health and Why Is It Important?

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   Preventive care for adults involves screening for chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease, as well as immunizations against serious illnesses like the flu and COVID-19. It also involves ...

3. Nursing - Wikipedia

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   Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence". [1] Nurses practice in many specialties with ...

4. Preventive healthcare - Wikipedia

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   Immunization against diseases is a key preventive healthcare measure. Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. [ 1 ] Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and lifestyle choices, and are dynamic processes that begin before ...

5. Nursing Interventions for COPD: How Nurses Help Treat COPD

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   listening to your lung sounds. asking about your cough and any mucus that comes up. asking what kinds of exercise or activities you can tolerate. checking your legs for swelling. checking the size ...

6. Preventive Care for Men at Every Age - Healthline

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   says it’s the most common cancer diagnosed in men 15 to 34 years old. It’s important to make an appointment with a doctor if you have testicles and notice any changes in their size or shape ...

7. Primary health care - Wikipedia

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   Primary health care. Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organise and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities. [1] Primary health care enables health systems to support a person’s health needs – from health promotion to disease prevention ...

8. What Is a Nurse Practitioner? - WebMD

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   A nurse is a health care professional who has studied nursing. After graduation, nurses take licensing exams to practice in their state. They're limited to what they can do as outlined by their ...

9. Types of Health Clinics and the Healthcare Services Offered

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   Below we’ll explore 10 different types of health clinics, the services they provide, and how to find affordable care. 1. Primary care clinics. One of the most popular types of clinics are those ...