The community client highlights the complexity of the change process. Change for the community client must often occur at several levels because:
1. Health problems caused by lifestyle cannot be solved by simply asking individuals to choose health-promoting habits.
2. Most individuals can change their habits alone.
3. Aggregates are responsible for social change.
4. Geographic areas often have health risks that the nurse must identify.
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Since health problems caused by lifestyle cannot be solved by asking individuals to choose healthy habits, change for the community client must often take place at several levels.
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The preoperative nurse who is providing patient teaching to a 49-year-old patient who is scheduled to undergo a right-side inguinal surgery repair
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1. Cantaloupe 2. Bananas 3. Salmon 4. Winter squash
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