Cardiovascular wellness is an essential topic for health promotion for adults because heart disease accounts for one out of every three deaths reported each year in the United States. Additional reasons for the importance of this topic are that at least half of the adult population in the United States has one or more risk factors and that the majority of risks can be reduced through health-promoting actions.

For this week discussion:

Name three risks for cardiovascular disease

Name three nursing assessments of cardiovascular wellness

Name three teaching patients to promote cardiovascular wellness, and the outcome expected for each teaching strategy chosen.