appropriately concerned about his elevated
cholesterol level. “I guess I’ve never given
much thought to my health before, but my
Dad’s death changed all that,” he tells you. “I
know that coronary artery disease runs in fam-
ilies, and I can tell you that I’m not ready to
pack it all in yet. Tell me what I have to do to
fight this thing.” He admits that he used to
tease a colleague—who lowered his own cho-
lesterol from 290 to 200 mg/dL by diet and
exercise alone—by accusing him of being a fit-
ness freak. “Now, I’m recognizing the wisdom
of his health behaviors and wondering if diet
and exercise won’t do the trick for me. Can
you help me design an exercise program that
will work?”
1.Identify pertinent patient data by placing a
single underline beneath the objective data in
the patient care study and a double underline
beneath the subjective data.
2.Complete the Nursing Process Worksheet on
page 214 to develop a three-part diagnostic
statement and related plan of care for this
patient.3.Write down the patient and personal nursing
strengths you hope to draw on as you assist
this patient to better health.
Patient strengths:Personal strengths:4.Pretend that you are performing a nursing
assessment of this patient after the plan of
care has been implemented. Document your
findings.CHAPTER 33 ACTIVITY 213
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