If a client displays risk factors for coronary artery disease, such as smoking cigarettes, eating a diet high in saturated fat, or leading a sedentary lifestyle, techniques of behavior modification may be used to help the client change the behavior. The nurse can best reinforce new adaptive behaviors by:

C Rewarding the client whenever the acceptable behavior is performed. D Instilling mild fear into the client to extinguish the behavior. A Explaining how the old behavior leads to poor health. B Withholding praise until the new behavior is well established.