Which nursing behavior is an example of empowering a patient?
a. encouraging the confused patient with breast cancer to accept without question the physician's advice for an immediate mastectomy
b. teaching a patient with a family history of heart disease about exercise and diet to help prevent heart disease
c. taking a patient to her doctor's appointment
d. giving the patient her prescribed medications
B
Empowerment is a process of enabling others to do for themselves. It consists of encouraging the patient to be an active participant in treatment rather than a passive recipient of care. Nurses empower patients by teaching them and their families how to develop skills for self-care and for healthier living.
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