Upon taking a health history from a patient, the nurse notices the patient uses positive health behaviors. Which behavior did the nurse find?
a. Smokes
b. Eats poorly
c. Has sedentary lifestyle
d. Maintains proper sleep patterns
D
Positive health behaviors are activities related to maintaining, attaining, or regaining good health and preventing illness. Common positive health behaviors include getting immunizations, main-taining proper sleep patterns, getting adequate exercise, and eating healthy foods. Negative health behaviors include activities that are harmful to health such as smoking, abusing drugs or alcohol, following a poor diet, and refusing to take necessary medications.
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