We have a few more sections left in the Health promotion and maintenance.
High Risk Behaviors
Lifestyle Choices
Self-Care
Techniques of Physical Assessment
Health Screening
We’ll go over high risk behaviors and lifestyle choices today and then we’ll review self-care, physical assessment and health screening later this week.
So what is a high risk behavior. Behaviors are things that you can change, anything that is high risk would be those behaviors that may be detrimental to your health. Stop reading for a moment. From what you’ve learned what could be some high risk behaviors.
Excessive sun exposure
The lack of regular exercise
A poor diet
Smoking and the use of other tobacco products
Alcohol use
Illicit drug use
Unprotected sex
Dangerous jobs / hobbies - rock climbing.Not enough sleep and rest
Our job as a nurse is to make sure that your patient knows the risks and provide information about how they can do better. Stop smoking, wear sunscreen, sleep more.
Life Style Choices –
This topic includes assessing their choices (where they live), contracption, family planning, are they isolated, education and alternative health care practices.
A great article about that is here – https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/lifestyle-choices/
Chapter 5 in Saunders goes in depth about the topic.
The chapter begins on page 32, pay particular attention to the boxes.
