A patient starting cardiac rehabilitation will work with the rehabilitation team to meet all of the following goals except:
1. Taking control of his life through healthy choices
2. Managing symptoms by monitoring exercise
3. Reducing risks by controlling the modifiable risk factors
4. Stabilizing any severe depression that developed post-MI
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Rationale 1: This is a goal of the program.
Rationale 2: This is a goal of the program.
Rationale 3: This is a goal of the program.
Rationale 4: The need to stabilize emotions, such as depression and anxiety, are addressed but not a major psychiatric disorder, because it would require in-depth individualized counseling. A referral is needed because this is not the goal of the rehabilitation program.
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