The public health nurse plans a teaching program for senior citizens on modifying risk factors in their lifestyle to decrease risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following would the nurse not include in the teaching plan?
1. Genetic predisposition
2. Hypertension
3. Physical inactivity
4. Obesity
Genetic predisposition
Rationale: Genetic predisposition, or a history of diabetes in parents or siblings, increases risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus, but this is not a modifiable factor. Modifiable risk factors that increase cellular resistance to the effect of insulin include hypertension, physical inactivity, and obesity.
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A model is:
a. an assumption. b. an abstract statement. c. a conceptual framework. d. a researched statement.