empowerment

Case study

You are a nurse working in a general practice setting; your next patient is a 16 year old boy who is classified as morbidly obese with a BMI of38 and a waist circumference of 96cm. He has attended the clinic for blood pressure and weight monitoring and to review his blood tests, the GP has asked that you weigh the
patient and document his blood pressure and BGL. His fasting lipids have returned and show HDL normal and LDL high triglycerides high.You notice form the notes that the patient was referred a year ago to a dietician and for exercise on prescription but has not lost any weight.You note his mother is also registered as overweight has type 2 diabetes and hypertension. His father is not overweight, but suffers with hyperlipidaemia controlled by medication.
Discuss ONE ofthe following strategies in relation to the care of this patient.

empowerment,

Collaborative decision making,

diversity.