The 65-year-old overweight, hypertensive male farmer tells the home health nurse that he eats two fried eggs, four pieces of bacon, and biscuits with gravy every morning for breakfast because he believes that a robust breakfast keeps him healthy
What would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
a.
"That sort of food is not on your low-sodium diet."
b.
"You won't be healthy long with a diet like that."
c.
"One egg and whole wheat toast would be even healthier."
d.
"You should eat whole-grain cereal with fruit instead of all that fat and sodium."
ANS: C
Health maintenance practices of the older adult are influenced by personal, religious, and cultural beliefs. Using the patient's beliefs as a basis for changing eating habits will be more successful than radically departing from lifetime habits or suggesting that they are ineffective.
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