The nurse develops a community program to promote exercise for older adults. Which should the nurse include in the exercise program?

Question

a. Reinforce the ease of exercising every day.
b. Use exercise to relax any dietary restric-tions.
c. Describe ways to resume exercise after lapses.
d. Participate because exercise achieves wellness.

Answer 1

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