A nurse is caring for a person with a potential dysfunction in the health perception-health management pattern.Which of the following nursing interventions would most likely be performed?

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Potential problems are risk states.Nursing interventions are directed toward risk reduction through education.Health promotion requires the individual to participate in his own care, and he cannot do this if he does not recognize his susceptibility to an impending health problem.Providing education addresses the risk and provides the person with information needed to change beliefs.The other options make the person a passive participant rather than an active one.

A Nurse Is Caring for a Person with a Potential