Clinic requesting assistance with quitting smoking

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Your Scenario:

53-year-old married Anglo-Saxon Protestant male living in a small Appalachian town comes to the clinic requesting assistance with quitting smoking. Patient has a history of HTN.

1. In what ways will you have to modify your communication approach with this patient? Remember communication is not limited to verbal conversation between the two of you. Think about all aspects of communication we discussed in Unit 2.

2. How will you approach this patient in a way that ensures you are respecting their "space"?

3. What specific nursing tasks will you need to take a different approach with? How will you modify your approach? What resources will you need?

4. Patient education is a large part of nursing care whether its education delivered while the patient is under your care or discharge education that prepares the patient for care after they leave your facility. How will your educational materials and/or educational approaches need to be modified from standard instruction templates?

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