RN Exam Practice
Health Promotion and MaintenanceQuestion 827 of 2368

A client did not meet the outcome of exercising 150 minutes weekly within one month. What should the nurse do?

  1. Keep the plan the same and wait another month to reassess
  2. Remove exercise from the care plan since the goal was not met
  3. Assess barriers with the client and revise the teaching or the outcome
  4. Document that the client is not motivated to exercise regularly
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Correct answer: Assess barriers with the client and revise the teaching or the outcome

When outcomes are not met, the nurse looks for barriers and revises the plan as needed.

Source: Nursing Health Promotion (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2025), Healthy Lifestyle: Evaluation (Evaluate Outcomes). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Practice the topic "Health Promotion and Maintenance"

Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026