A nurse is helping the parents of 2-year-old twins cope with the daily demands of life in an active household. Which of these strategies should the nurse use?
1. Health maintenance
2. Health promotion
3. Partner development
4. Health supervision
2
Rationale:
1. The definition of health maintenance makes this an incorrect answer.
2. In health promotion, nurses partner with families to promote family strategies in the areas of lifestyle and coping.
3. This answer is simply a distractor, and does not relate to health promotion in families.
4. The definition of health supervision makes this an incorrect answer.
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