Author Question: A client who has an elevation in serum cholesterol continues to eat red meat and fried foods. Which ... (Read 82 times)

jilianpiloj · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A client who has an elevation in serum cholesterol continues to eat red meat and fried foods. Which stage of change is this client experiencing?

a. Determination
b. Action
c. Precontemplation
d. Contemplation

Question 2

A client who is recovering from her second myocardial infarction refuses to give up smoking. She states, I've smoked so long now there's no point quitting as the damage is done. This statement is best understood in the context of which of the following?

a. Social learning theory
b. Pender's health promotion model
c. The transtheoretical model of change
d. Healthy People 2010

atrochim · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
In the precontemplation stage, a person either doesn't see a health problem, even though it may be obvious to others, or doesn't have any intention of modifying it in the foreseeable future.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Pender's health promotion model serves as a guide for planning successful education with individuals and targeted high risk groups. A person's capacity to absorb and use health promotion information depends to a large degree on what the person believes about his or her health and the extent to which personal actions will influence their health. In social learning theory, motivation is a fundamental component of learning readiness. Motivation to change is a state of readiness that fluctuates. Healthy People 2010 represents the health promotion agenda for the nation.