Which of the following statement best reflects the nurse's appropriate attention to a client's need for self-efficacy?
1. "What can I do to help you lose the weight?"
2. "Are you really ready to start a regular exercise regimen?"
3. "After you watch me demonstrate this inhaler, you will have no problems using it at all."
4. "Come on; with all the self-help products out there, you will be able to stop smoking."
ANS: 3
Self-efficacy refers to a person's perceived ability to successfully complete a task. When people believe that they are able to execute a particular behavior, they are more likely to actually perform the behavior consistently and correctly. Although the other options are related to behavioral change to achieve a goal, they do not support the client by both encouragement and providing the skills necessary to be successful.
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1. "Weight loss is about more than diet alone and must also include behavioral change to be successful" 2. "Losing 80 pounds is easy, it's keeping it off that is difficult.". 3. " If you were really motivated you would not be asking for help.". 4. " Come back when you can show me that you are ready to lose weight.".
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1. Move to the area where people are living to understand their plight 2. Understand the concept of poverty on many levels 3. Take a trip abroad to see how poverty exists in other countries 4. Become fully immersed in the concept of poverty for at least a year