The nurse is educating a female patient with a family history of coronary artery disease (CAD) about risk factors and prevention of heart disease in women. Which information is most impor-tant for the nurse to include?
a. Women should maintain a body mass in-dex (BMI) of less than 28.
b. Women should utilize estrogen supple-mentation to decrease risk of heart dis-ease.
c. Women should drink one alcoholic beve-rage daily.
d. Women should incorporate stress reduc-tion techniques into their daily lifestyle.
D
Increased stress is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, especially in women. Women should incorporate stress reduction techniques into their daily lifestyle. Women should maintain a BMI of less than 25 . Women should discontinue use of estrogen contraception/supplementation as soon as possible. Women should not consume more than one alcoholic drink per day, and ab-staining from alcohol is beneficial.
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