title: You can help your clients change.
abstract: Nurses are in an excellent position to assist clients to change behaviors that will improve their health. The client is the expert on what to change and which method will work best. Matching your approach to the client's stage of change will motivate the client to move along the continuum of change.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas School of Nursing, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumm
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: Suzy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shupe
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hagemaster
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations