A nurse considers interventions for a diabetic patient who needs to change eating habits and lose weight. The nurse will base strategies on which principle?
a. The nurse's primary responsibility is to encourage the change.
b. Patient-initiated change is more successful than imposed change.
c. For successful change, both the benefit and the risk to the patient must be high.
d. Patients value advice from nurses because of the trusting dimensions of the relationship.
B
The answer indicates that the patient is invested in the change process. Nurses have multiple responsibilities in the change process, including education and reinforcement. Nurses should avoid giving advice.
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