The patient comes to the diabetes clinic and confides to the nurse that she does not follow the diet exchange program that she was given. You respond:
1. "The exchange program is a carefully developed and very important program that allows you to take control of your disease."
2. "A lot of people have trouble with that program. You aren't the first one to go off your diet."
3. "We had better go ahead and check your blood work to see what you've done to yourself."
4. "Okay. Let's talk about what you do eat and drink and how you manage your diabetes."
4
In order to evaluate effectiveness of treatment, you must find out how the patient perceives the importance of diet, drugs, and exercise.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1020
OBJ: 10 TOP: Nutrition KEY: Nursing Process Step: Evaluation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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