A Patient Needs to Make a Health-Related Behavior Change, and the Nurse

question 5

Multiple Choice

A patient needs to make a health-related behavior change, and the nurse using the health beliefs model is working with the perceived severity factor.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

• A) Assist the patient to identify the benefits associated with the wanted change.
• B) Help the patient determine the barriers that prevent changing this behavior.
• C) Illustrate some of the consequences of not changing the selected behavior.
• D) Inform the patient about the morbidity associated with current behavior.

Understand the role of reinforcement in behavior modification and its application in real-life scenarios.

Comprehend the significance of observable behavior in psychological research and implications for behaviorism.

Recognize the theoretical underpinnings and criticism of psychodynamic theories.

Grasp social cognitive perspectives on personality and behavior, including the notion of reciprocal determinism.

---

Definitions:

Major Organic Product

The primary product formed in the highest yield during an organic chemical reaction, often the focus of synthetic strategies.

Reaction

A process leading to the transformation of chemical substances into other substances through the reorganization of atoms or the change in their bonding.

Cyclohexanone

A six-membered cyclic ketone, notable for its use in the production of nylon and as a solvent.

Synthetic Steps

The individual stages or reactions in a synthetic pathway used to construct complex molecules from simpler ones.