The community health nurse evaluates his or her own past personal habit of smoking as he or she prepares to talk to a group of people about the importance of smoking cessation.
The nurse recalls that he or she had several unsuccessful attempts before quitting 1 year ago today. The nurse decides to share this information with the group and tells them that all the attempts he or she had made before stopping smoking were necessary steps for his or her eventual success. Which principle of change was the nurse enacting?
A) Principle of flexibility
B) Principle of self-understanding
C) Principle of interdependence
D) Principle of proper timing
Question 2
The community health nurse is talking to a group of clients about the health importance of consuming a low-fat diet. The clients are members of a particular cultural group that grows their own food and consumes a lot of animal protein.
The clients state that their forefathers ate a diet that was high in animal protein and they had lived into their 90s. The community health nurse expects this argument and points out that their ancestors did not have the luxury of modern machines and they had to engage in a lot more activity than the current generation. This is an example of which principle of effecting change?
A) Principle of participation
B) Principle of proper timing
C) Principle of self-understanding
D) Principle of resistance to change
Nurse collaboration
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
Variations Affecting Health Care Among Different Cultures
Health care setting.
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Prevalence of good health in Canadians aged 65 years and older