The nurse develops a community program to promote exercise for elders. Which of the following should the nurse include in the exercise program?

Question

a. Reinforce the ease of exercising everyday.
b. Use exercise to relax any dietary restrictions.
c. Describe ways to resume exercise after lapses.
d. Participate because exercise achieves wellness.

Answer 1

C

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A Incorrect. The nurse tells the participants that achieving wellness takes work and regular effort. Instead of offering false hope, the nurse shares practical advice about how to incorporate exercise into everyday life.
B Incorrect. The nurse avoids suggesting that adults can look forward to relaxing dietary or medical restrictions by using a single method because it is unethical to offer false hope, the plan can be ineffective, and the plan can have adverse ef-fects.
C Correct. Because the path to wellness includes progression as well as regression, the nurse shares information to help participants anticipate these events. The nurse encourages participants by telling them to expect periods of regression, that progress made up to that point is not lost, and how to approach resumption in progress toward wellness with exercise.
D Incorrect. The nurse avoids instructing adults to rely on one method of achieving wellness because wellness is achieved by balancing emotional, spiritual, social, cultural, and physical processes.