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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783 Exercise 21
When a patient with diabetes tells the nurse that he cannot see any reason to change his eating habits because he is not overweight, what action does the nurse determine as the most appropriate at this stage of the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change?
A) Help the patient set priorities for managing his diabetes.
B) Arrange for the dietitian to describe what dietary changes are needed.
C) Explain that dietary changes can help prevent long-term complications of diabetes.
D) Emphasize that he must change behaviors if he is going to control his blood glucose levels.
A) Help the patient set priorities for managing his diabetes.
B) Arrange for the dietitian to describe what dietary changes are needed.
C) Explain that dietary changes can help prevent long-term complications of diabetes.
D) Emphasize that he must change behaviors if he is going to control his blood glucose levels.
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C. This patient is in the precontemplati...
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
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