Spiritual, Cultural, and Social
This is what nurses must consider when recommending exercise to ensure activities respect the patient’s beliefs and values.
What are personal, cultural, and spiritual beliefs?
Nurses must report this when they notice harmful or poorly supervised exercise practices.
What is unsafe or improper exercise technique?
This structured tool helps nurses deliver consistent, clear communication across the team.
What is SBAR?
Nurses often begin an activity assessment by asking this type of question.
What is “How active are you now?”?
Combining diet and physical activity counseling helps reduce these major health risks.
What are blood pressure, cholesterol, and cardiovascular risk?
These shared values can either motivate or discourage adults from being physically active.
What are family and community beliefs?
This type of communication builds trust and emotional safety for patients.
What is supportive communication?
This type of collaboration with dietitians, PTs, and OTs improves outcomes.
What is intraprofessional collaboration?
Using activity monitors encourages adults to increase this.
What is daily movement or steps?
This mineral, when reduced in the diet, helps lower blood pressure and improves heart health.
What is sodium?
This cultural factor may prevent participation in mixed-gender exercise programs.
What is modesty or gender-related expectations?
These community features increase activity levels by providing safe places to walk.
What are parks, trails, and greenways?
Sharing patient goals ensures this across all healthcare providers.
What is aligned and coordinated care?
Adults are more likely to stay active when family provides this.
What is support, shared routines, or accountability?
These two health behaviors combined are more effective for reducing cardiovascular risk than either one alone.
What are improving diet and increasing physical activity?
A person living in an unsafe neighborhood may lack this, which reduces their ability to be physically active.
What is access to safe recreation areas?
Nurses modify exercises across the lifespan to maintain this.
What is safety?
Digital apps help nurses maintain this between visits.
What is care continuity?
Nurses may encourage adults to use these community spaces to support activity.
What are parks and trails?
Adults who increase their intake of whole grains and fiber lower their risk for these two key cardiovascular issues.
What are raised cholesterol and hypertension?
Framing physical activity as benefiting this whole-person concept can increase engagement.
What is mind, body, and spirit?
Nurses build this when they make clients feel respected, cared for, and valued.
What is trust?
Community-wide campaigns rely on this to avoid mixed messages.
What is consistent messaging?
These tools help adults track meals, monitor activity, and stay motivated.
What are digital or phone-based tools?
This dietary pattern is encouraged because it lowers sodium, reduces saturated fat, and increases potassium-rich foods.
What is a balanced, whole-food, low-sodium diet?