4.4 Assignment Helping Friends
Name:
Date:
Directions: For this assignment you will outline the stages of change and simultaneously explain how
you can help/support a friend while they are in each stage. Think of a friend and an action or behavior
that needs to be changed. Contemplate each stage of change discussed in the lesson, and answer the
questions.
1. What is your friend's name? (a fictitious name can be used) (1 point)
2. What is the action or behavior that needs to be changed? (2 points)
3. Complete the chart. (2 points each)
Stage
What actions or characteristics is
your
friend exhibiting that show he/she is
in this stage?
What can you do at
this stage to help or
support your friend?

Mr. edwards is 20-year-old male patient who is admitted for treatment of recurring pyelonephritis (kidney infection) and surgical treatment of a urinary stricture, which has decreased the urinary stream. mr. edwards has paraplegia; he is paralyzed from the waist down secondary to an automobile accident when he was 16. he came by ambulance to the hospital, leaving his wheelchair and wheelchair pressure- relieving cushion at home. according to the nursing history, the patient is a nonsmoker and he does not drink alcohol or take any illegal drugs. a. what nursing considerations should be made for mr. edwards related to his disability? b. what health promotion and prevention education does mr. edwards need?