Assignment task:
Using one of the health theories and motivational interviewing to discuss the following
1.) What would be your approach to working with this/these patient(s)?
2.) Discuss how you would speak to this patient to motivate them for change.
3) Apply one of the theories to your plan for change with this patient to improve their overall health and well-being- or discuss how you would employ motivational interviewing.
4.) What are you goals for this patient?
Billy and Betty, 64 and 68-years-old respectively, are a retired couple who have come to the clinic for smoking cessation counseling. Both are long-time smokers (40-plus years). Spirometry screening reveals that Betty has very severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with 27% lung function. Billy reports a hacking cough with a lot of phlegm. They both know they need to quit, and they say, "We really want to quit." Neither has ever tried to quit before. They do quite well at being smoke-free when they are apart, but are struggling when together; both tend to smoke when around each other.