A patient who smokes has decided to cut down on the number of cigarettes smoked each day and not to go outside with other smokers during work breaks.The nurse can conclude, according to Prochaska's transtheoretical model of change, that this patient is in the stage of:
A) action.
B) maintenance.
C) precontemplation.
D) preparation.

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In the action stage, a person adopts goals for behavior change, attempts to enact the behavior change, and works to modify the environment to support the change.The maintenance stage consists of working to prevent reverting to the old behaviors.In the precontemplation stage, individuals do not see their behavior as a problem and have no intentions of changing their behavior.In the preparation stage, individuals make a decision to change behaviors in the next month and may take some very small steps to begin the process.

A Patient Who Smokes Has Decided to Cut Down on the Number