The Transtheoretical Model

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Theoretical frameworks recommend strategies for interventions related to change and ideas essential to steering the development of change. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) will be utilized to show that the Nurse Practitioners’ (NP) education on blood glucose control in T2D in young adults can be achieved. Each model will assist in identifying the strategies and accomplishing the change process in each stage. The most crucial aspect in the change process is the readiness for change, which need to be assessed in order for the NP to effectively implement change within this model. It guides change in behavior by exchanging negative behaviors for positive behaviors associated with health promotion. TTM emphasizes that each individual is not at same

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