A patient needs to make a health-related behavior change, and the nurse using the health beliefs model is working with the perceived severity factor.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
A) Assist the patient to identify the benefits associated with the wanted change.
B) Help the patient determine the barriers that prevent changing this behavior.
C) Illustrate some of the consequences of not changing the selected behavior.
D) Inform the patient about the morbidity associated with current behavior.

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Illustrating the consequences of not changing the behavior addresses the perceived severity factor by helping the patient understand the seriousness of the potential outcomes if the behavior is not changed.

A Patient Needs to Make a Health-Related Behavior Change, and the Nurse