A Client Is Discharged Following a Heart Attack

question 20

Multiple Choice

A client is discharged following a heart attack.In using the Stages of Health Behavior Change as a guide,the nurse recognizes that the client is most likely to begin to accept information on diet changes and an exercise program during which stage?

• A) Action
• B) Preparation
• C) Maintenance
• D) Contemplation

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Definitions:

Positive Symptoms

Symptoms of psychological conditions that are an addition to a person's normal behavior, characteristic of disorders like schizophrenia, including hallucinations and delusions.

Schizophrenia

A mental disorder characterized by distorted thinking, perceptions, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior, often manifesting through hallucinations and delusions.

Abnormal Behaviors

Actions, reactions, or emotions that deviate significantly from those considered typical or normal within a culture or society.

Schizophrenia

A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotional control, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.